CCA Prisoner Escapes in Ohio
Corrections Corporation of America had a prisoner escape while on a medical trip to a hospital.
Read the Article hereYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- A prison inmate taken to a hospital overpowered an armed guard today, briefly held two nurses and several prison workers in his room, then escaped with a weapon and a guard's uniform, prison officials said.
Billy Jack Fitzmorris, 34, was believed to have left on foot from St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, the Youngstown area's main hospital, according to a statement from Corrections Corporation of America.
The company runs the Northeast Ohio Correction Center in Youngstown, where Fitzmorris had been held since February for the U.S. Marshals Service.
Residents of the area, businesses and schools were notified of the escape, said the company, based in Nashville, Tenn.
Several law enforcement agencies joined the search for Fitzmorris.
The company called Fitzmorris a pretrial inmate but did not provide details about why he was being held.
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