Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer, was able to escape a prison yard in suburban Pennsylvania last week by climbing up a wall and over razor wire, officials said.
Pennsylvania State police search the woods and a creek in Pennsbury Township, Pa., on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.
In the meantime, the facility will increase its security measures by enclosing its yards and adding more razor wire “to block access to the roof,” Holland said. There will also be additional video cameras and an officer will be positioned in the yard. Prior to the escape, an officer did not stand in the yard with inmates.
Cavalcante’s escape followed that of Igor Bolte, who authorities said broke out of the Chester County Prison in a similar way in May. A prison guard saw Bolte’s attempted escape and notified other officers, who caught the inmate almost immediately, authorities said Wednesday. Authorities said the facility added barbed wire following Bolte’s breakout.
The trail cam photos of Cavalcante showed he was south of the search perimeter authorities set up last week. That realization prompted two school districts - Kennett Consolidated School District and Unionville-Chadds Ford School District - to cancel classes Tuesday and Wednesday because both have schools within the new search area.
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