Prison Inmates Attempt to Escape

First Part - Reading Comprehension

PATROL REPORT

At 10.05 hours, 5 January 2012 United Nations Police Officers (UNPOLs) received information from the local police concerning an attempted escape by the inmates in Man Prison on the evening of 4 January 2012 at around 18.00 hours. UNPOL visited the scene and found out the following information. The prisoners, totaling 24, who had just finished eating their dinner, managed to take two prison guards hostage. These two guards were locked in a place called “Hot Cell”. Fifteen prisoners were able to climb the wall and sneak out of the courtyard. Four guards posted at the reception area noted that the prisoners came out of the courtyard trying to reach the main exit door. These guards alerted the other four guards posted outside the prison building. With their AK47 assault rifles, the guards outside were able to keep the prisoners back, inside the common courtyard. Then, the guards who were locked in the “hot cell” were released. Two prisoners were injured during this incident.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT #01

UNPOL patrol 2830 visited the scene at 11.00, 5 January 2012. They met with the guards who had been involved in the attempted escape. The two who had been taken hostage and locked in “hot cell” said that three of the prisoners had been armed with what looked like homemade knives that they used to threaten the guards with. The three armed prisoners seemed to take the lead in the attempted escape, giving orders to the other prisoners. They were easy to recognize, as all three had big tattoos of a lion with wings on the upper part of their left arm. These three prisoners did not seem to fear any type of violent actions. They noted that the other prisoners also seemed to be afraid of the three lead prisoners. In fact, when one of the prisoners refused to lock the door to the “hot cell” one of the lead prisoners, cut his neck.        

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 02

UNPOL patrol 2830 made a follow-up visit to Man Prison at 11.30 hours, 6 January 2012 to check whether the prison management had taken necessary actions to prevent any further attempted escapes. Several actions had been taken by the management.  First, the prison guard team leader explained that all 50 cells in the prison had been searched through and a lot of weapons in different shapes had been seized. All 250 prisoners had been body searched with a negative result. Then the wall where the prisoners had climbed had been covered with barbed wire.

It was noted that none of the prison guards who were involved (two taken hostage, four posted in the reception area and four posted outside) had been injured physically. The two guards taken hostage were still in shock. They were taken off normal duty and given administrative duties. The prison doctor was keeping these two guards under observation and checking their mental condition regularly. UNPOL patrol also visited the hospital in Man Prison to check the condition of a prisoner who was hospitalized after the attempted escape. He broke his leg after falling from the wall. His injury was not life threatening. He had no complaints concerning his treatment in the hospital.    

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 03

At 09.00 hours, 7 January 2012 the prison manager, Ms. Susan Doe, informed UNPOL that they had identified the three prisoners who lead the attempted escape. Their names were Mr. Joseph Brill, Mr. Alan Dublett and Mr. Georg Claude and are all well-know robbers from the Abidjan area. They are all members of a gang called the “Flying Lions”. They had leading roles among the other prisoners and have been feared, both by prison staff and inmates. Most of the weapons seized after the attempted escape, were found in the cells of these three men, in total nine. With their criminal network they could easily plan an escape and by threaten the other prisoners for this purpose. These three prisoners were put in isolation cells in Man Prison at 18.00 hours, 7 January, to prevent any further tries to escape and to calm the fears of the other inmates.

Questions

1. What was the location where the incident occurred?
2. What was the time and date of the incident?
3. How many prisoners in total were involved in the incident?
4. What is the name of the cell where the hostages were held?
5. How many prisoners in total got injured during the incident?
6. Why was one of the prisoners hospitalized?
7. What kind of tattoo did the prisoners who lead the escape have?
8. Where exactly were the tattoos on the body?
9. How many prison guards in total were on duty the time of the attempted escape?
10. What action was taken against the three prisoners who lead the escape?