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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Today is Thursday, second day of November. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning. In the news this morning, a Philadelphia Correctional Center has come under close scrutiny after two inmates managed to escape the facility back in May, and it was all caught on surveillance video.

The newly released video shows the actual moment the two inmates walked out of their cells at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center and crawled through open parts of the prison to avoid detection.

19-year-old Amin Hurst and 24-year-old Nasir Grant escaped on May 7th.

Hurst, who had been charged with four counts of murder, was arrested after 10 days.

Grant held on conspiracy drug and weapon charges was taken into custody four days after the escape.

So in the average manual for a prison, doesn't it say there should not be openings, right?

Right. I think that's the

point the two escaped through a gap cut in the fence that had been there for several uh nearly

seven weeks hey did we're going to do something about that gap or what right uh and had been notified by

prison staff for at least four days before the escape the district attorney of philadelphia larry

cressor said during wednesday's hearing by the Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Public Safety.

Kresner explained how the inmates escaped, including showing video of them opening cell doors that were supposed to be locked with inmates inside for the night.

Video also shows them walking down the hallway and crawling towards a door as another prisoner.

Also out of his cell acted as a lookout.

One guard post in the cell block was unoccupied,

and another guard monitoring the unit also had to watch two other areas, Krasner said.

Another guard later reported for duty but fell asleep,

but didn't conduct required prisoner counts,

which allowed the long delay in detecting the escape.

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