Nearly a year after two jail inmates escaped and were arrested days later, officials with the Arizona Department of Corrections say they now have enhanced security measures for their prisons.
$70K in reward money distributed after Arizona prison escapees captured
By Associated Press
Reward money paid in Florence inmate escape
COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) - Federal authorities have paid a reward to a Casa Grande resident and a family in Coolidge for their help in locating two Arizona prison inmates who escaped from a state prison in January.
John Charpiot and David Harmon escaped from the medium security unit at Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence on Jan. 23 after breaking into a tool room and stealing tools to cut through the outside fence, The Casa Grande Dispatch reported. Authorities had offered a $70,000 reward for information that would lead to their capture $35,000 for each inmate.
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