Inmate seriously injured during escape attempt

Officials: Man fell about 70 feet after homemade rope broke

By: Susan Lindsey - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Christena Dowsett Police say an inmate at Bi-State Justice Building Jail received extensive injuries following a fall from the roof during an escape attempt Monday afternoon in Texarkana, Texas. The inmate was alive at the time the photo was taken. Officials have not released the in...

A federal inmate’s plans to escape from the Bi-State Justice Building Jail on Monday failed when he landed at the back door of the jail. The escape attempt happened about 3:30 p.m.

A U.S. Marshal’s Service inmate housed at the BJB tried to climb from the roof using a homemade, maroon-c...

Published: 08/31/2010