Fewer officers guarding inmates

Published October 11, 2006 4:00am ET



Three months after promising to beef up security in the wake of a daring escape, officials at the D.C. Jail have quietly reduced the number of officers guarding inmates, the officers’ union told The Examiner.

Fraternal Order of Police President Lou Cannon said that jail officials temporarily raised the number of line officers per ward from three to four after homicide defendants Joseph Leaks and Ricardo Jones broke out of the jail in early June.

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