Alabama prisons: Ollee ollee in free

By Greg Reeves
If 40 Missouri prison inmates had escaped in the past 11 months, we think Missourians would raise a holler.
Well, 42 Alabama prison inmates have escaped since October 2004. But that's good news, relatively - 71 escaped the year before.
This caught our attention after Kansas City police said yesterday that an escaped killer from Alabama might be in our area.
Decatur (AL) Daily News reporter Chris Paschenko tells Crime Scene KC that Bond was among three convicted killers who have escaped Alabama prison work-release programs this year. Alabama Gov. Bob Riley has announced a review, Paschenko said.
Another recent Alabama escapee was shot to death by police in Georgia. And concern about holes in the Alamaba prison system has been in the news for years.