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Detention center director apologizes after March escape; county says three of four recaptured
Summary
Jeff Crawford, director of the Farmville Detention Center, told Prince Edward supervisors on March 11 that four people left the facility without authorization on March 2; three were recaptured and turned over to the U.S. Marshals and the U.S. Marshals and ICE are pursuing the fourth.
At the March 11 meeting of the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors, Jeff Crawford, director of the Farmville Detention Center, briefed the board about an escape from the facility that occurred on Sunday, March 2.
Crawford said four individuals left custody without authorization. He apologized to the board and the community and said the escape resulted from a combination of a staff member failing to perform assigned duties and vulnerabilities in physical security that together created an opportunity that…
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