New Failure Failure in Portuguese Prison: Reclusos have fled with the help of rope – and with a coincidence that can raise eyebrows.
Two prisoners evaded this Monday from the prison establishment of Alcoentreadvances the.
Around 6:30 pm, the two men, from 37 and 44 yearsthey used a rope to overtake the prison wall. Hélder Malheiro, convicted of theftand Augusto Dinis, to serve a sentence for drug traffickingthey escaped after dinner on an escape that was carefully planned.
They meet 5 years and 8 months and 4 years and 9 months. One of the prisoners had tried to flee before and another “He was a receiver of drug trafficking from inside a chain”said Frederico Morais, leader of the National Union of Prison Guard, to SIC Notícias.
It all happened in an area of the jail where incidents had already occurred, such as the release of mobile phones into the establishment, advances the morning. Since Sunday and this Monday, in this area, the Watchtower was inoperativefor reasons still unknown.
The authorities were immediately notified and the occurrence participated to the Public Prosecution Service and the security forces.
Frederico Morais confirmed the dropout and classified the case as One more serious failure in the Safety System of Portuguese Prisons.
