Officials at the Ohio prison where a school shooter escaped on Thursday night were allegedly aware of an escape plot in advance, according to the Associated Press.
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, the union for prison guards in the state, is saying that officials at the Allen-Oakwood Correctional Facility, where convicted killer T.J. Lane is serving a life sentence, discovered a escape plot in the days before the escape. They had put one inmate — who was housed in the same unit as Lane and the other escapees — in segregation Wednesday after the plot was uncovered, the AP reported.
However, the union said prison officials did not take any additional measures to secure the unit where Lane was housed.
Lane and two other inmates escaped from the Lima, Ohio, prison on Thursday night, but were back in custody after a few hours. Lane pleaded guilty to killing three students at Chardon High School in February 2012.
