Escape from Union County, Shawshank style

It seems too ridiculous to be real.

Two jail inmates used photos of bikini-clad women to hide holes they used to escape and left behind a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them, officials said Monday.

Jose Espinosa, 20, and Otis Blunt, 32, squeezed through the openings sometime before dawn Saturday in a high-security unit of the Union County jail, jumped onto a rooftop below, and made it over a 25-foot-high fence topped with razor wire, authorities said.

Authorities withheld the name of the officer the inmates said was involved. The note, found in Espinosa’s cell, read, “Thank you Officer ... for the tools needed. You’re a real pal. Happy holidays.”

Authorities are investigating the claims. The guard named in the note has not yet turned in a report, and disciplinary action has not been taken against any guard, said county prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow said, whose office is overseeing the escape investigation.

How bad must your security be for two dumbasses to pull a Shawshank on your prison?  I swear, if New Jersey didn’t exist, we’d have to make it up.

Just when you think that the details are laughable enough, that there is no way this could get any more cliched…

They also laid out pillows and sheets to make it look like men were sleeping under blankets, authorities said.

Oh Sweet Hay-zeus on a motorcar.  Somebody is getting fired for Christmas.

Posted by JimK at 02:17 PM on December 19, 2007
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