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Three Rivers Prison Walk-Aways Stir Local Nerves
Three Rivers residents monitor federal prison walk-aways as deputies chase inmates eight miles west. Since 1991, 17 inmates have left the Three Rivers Federal Correctional Institution camp, with five recaptured among 11 walk-aways since 1995. Most inmates are jailed for drug offenses, average sentence about 5.5 years. guards count inmates up to six times daily to prevent escapes.
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Three Rivers
Sheriff's Deputies
Mary Ann Meeks
Three Rivers Federal Correctional Institution Camp Unit
Laredo
del Rio
Bill Gerth
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Bureau
Scott Wolfson
Washington
Becky Hinojosa
Hinojosa
Joe
Gerth