PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Department of Corrections officials say they’ve implemented countermeasures to thwart cell door tampering by inmates at the state prison in Buckeye.
The department issued a statement Thursday after Phoenix TV station ABC15 reported they had obtained leaked surveillance videos from violent assaults inside the prison where multiple units have cell doors that don’t properly lock.
Corrections officials say over the past two years, inmates housed in three close-custody units at the Lewis complex began tampering with their cell doors so they could be opened from inside.
They say padlocks are now on some cell doors and a few pods at each unit.
The department is evaluating the possible installation of padlocks on the remaining pods in the three units and planning a door retrofitting project for the Lewis prison.
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