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Omaha Steve

(99,070 posts)
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 10:08 PM Jun 2015

NC prison worker accused of helping inmate escape

Source: AP

POLKTON, N.C. (AP) — A kitchen worker at a North Carolina prison was charged Sunday with helping a convicted murderer escape as the search for the inmate continued.

Kendra Lynette Miller, 33, faces multiple charges connected to Saturday's escape by Kristopher McNeil, the state Department of Public Safety said in a statement. McNeil, 29, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was serving a sentence for second-degree murder.

Prison officials say McNeil is believed to have scaled the fence at the minimum-security unit of Brown Creek Correctional Institution, about 45 miles east of Charlotte. He was convicted in 2009 and was scheduled for release in 2018.

Polkton police charged Miller with harboring a fugitive and aiding and abetting a fugitive. She's also charged with having sex with an inmate and providing a cellphone. An Anson County Jail official said she did not have a lawyer. Her bond was set at $500,000, prison officials said.

FULL story at link.



An undated photo provided by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety shows Kendra Lynette Miller. MIller, a kitchen worker at a North Carolina prison is being charged with helping a convicted murderer escape. The state Department of Public Safety said Sunday, June 28, 2015, that Miller. 33, faces multiple charges connected to Saturday's escape. (North Carolina Department of Public Safety via AP)


Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2253c147dce840e691067b14533046a6/nc-prison-worker-accused-helping-inmate-escape

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NC prison worker accused of helping inmate escape (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2015 OP
its a disorder Hybristophilia Backwoodsrider Jun 2015 #1
They deserve blame Devil Child Jun 2015 #2
the prison system should change Backwoodsrider Jun 2015 #4
2nd Degree Murder exboyfil Jun 2015 #3
And the guy was 2/3 of the way to release. eggplant Jun 2015 #5
when I worked for NCDOC you got 3-5 more years for an escape. nt littlewolf Jun 2015 #6
not sure why .. minimum custody is suppose to be 5 years till freedom. nt littlewolf Jun 2015 #7
My question is why would these (NC and NY) prison employees want to help anyone escape? What jwirr Jun 2015 #8

Backwoodsrider

(764 posts)
1. its a disorder Hybristophilia
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 10:27 PM
Jun 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybristophilia

If they have axis to people some inmates are going to try and manipulate them, and a few are very very good as we have seen in the news these last few weeks.

Sad we are blaming the victims.
 

Devil Child

(2,728 posts)
2. They deserve blame
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 10:56 PM
Jun 2015

Those who aide and abet convicts aren't victims but willing participants and deserve the full consequence of legal action. They knew what they were doing. The prison system system which fails to weed out these employees also needs corrective action.

Backwoodsrider

(764 posts)
4. the prison system should change
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 11:47 PM
Jun 2015

Negative consequences don't matter much in criminal behavior because the part of the brain that often decides on a criminal action is based on a possible physical reward. That's not the same side of the brain that deals with abstract "what ifs".

I opine that we restructure our jail and prison systems so killer inmates get 0 access to untrained/unscreened employees. But alas we worship the saved tax dollars so its probably going to keep happening and scammers are gonna keep scamming.

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
3. 2nd Degree Murder
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 11:30 PM
Jun 2015

Eligible for parole in 9 years and in a minimum security prison. What is wrong with this picture?

eggplant

(3,893 posts)
5. And the guy was 2/3 of the way to release.
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 12:38 AM
Jun 2015

If they catch him, he'll be doing a hell of a lot more than three more years.

At least I hope so.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
8. My question is why would these (NC and NY) prison employees want to help anyone escape? What
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 10:15 AM
Jun 2015

is in it for them?

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