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Atlanta Jail to Inmates: Bust Through Locks, Win Food

Turns out the current locks haven't been keeping them in their cells

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 21, 2012 1:52 PM CDT

(Newser) – The locks at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta have one small problem: The inmates can pretty much jam them and open them at will. "They just don't serve the purpose anymore of security," chief jailer Mark Adger tells WSBTV. So he's testing a replacement—and asking the inmates themselves to make sure they work.

The jail plans to group its most notorious, skilled lock-beaters in the one cell block equipped with the new locks, and it will offer them up to $20 worth of free commissary food or hygiene products if they can bust them open. "We'll get plenty of takers for what we're offering," Adger says. Asked why he was participating, one inmate smiled. "I dunno. I just wanna try it."

The locks in Fulton County Jail have proved no match for its inmates.
The locks in Fulton County Jail have proved no match for its inmates.   (Shutterstock)
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Nimitz
Jun 21, 2012 7:09 PM CDT
Finally!  Some out-of-the-box thinking by the Cowards in Kevlar!  They keep noodling things out like this and America's standing army of black-clad thugs are gonna be truly dangerous.  
HANKHILL
Jun 21, 2012 4:34 PM CDT
bust out get shot by by save the food for the dumb azz guards who cant keep them locked up in the first place!
Xisiuizado
Jun 21, 2012 3:54 PM CDT
"Atlanta Jail to Inmates: Bust Through Locks, Win Food" OMFG, I laughed so hard. The first read made this look like an attempt to save money by starving the ones who couldn't escape. I know it isn't funny....but it is!
 

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