Escaped Inmates Had Help From The Outside

Alabama Murder Authorities say someone helped the Joshua Southwick and Ashton Mink cut through three fences during their escape from prison.
by The Associated Press
Published: Thu, May 28, 2009 - 4:42 pm CST
UNIONTOWN, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say two state prisoners who
escaped from a private prison in Perry County apparently had
someone help them cut through three fences.
Dick Harbison, the vice president of Lafayette, La.-based LCS
Corrections Services, which owns and operates the prison, said
Thursday that authorities were still searching for the escapees.
They are 26-year-old Joshua Southwick and 22-year-old Ashton Mink.
The two escaped early Monday morning. Southwick was serving a
life sentence after pleading guilty to a 2003 murder-for-hire case
in Limestone County. Mink was serving time for an attempted murder
conviction in Madison County in 2005.


(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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