Danelo Cavalcante, 34, got out by scaling walls with his body parallel to the ground at Chester County Prison.
a pair of parallel walls to escape from a Pennsylvania prison, newly released surveillance video showed on Wednesday.
Danelo Cavalcante, 34, stretched his 5-foot, 120-pound frame across the brick and cinderblock walls to push himself to the roof at Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township before making his way"I just want to ensure that we know the gravity of situation and how it's impacted our community negatively," acting warden Howard Holland told reporters.
Cavalcante's point of escape was in the exercise yard, where another inmate, Igor Bolte, also got away by scaling the walls onAfter Bolte's escape, razor wire was put on the roof, but that did not stop Cavalcante. "This escape was similar to the methodology to the escape by Cavalcante," Holland said."Cavalcante escaped at the same location as Igor Bolte. But for Cavalcante there was razor wire to contend with before reaching the roof."David K. Li is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
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