Update : Prison Guard Fired For Accidentally Opening Cell Doors
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The state Department of Correction says that
it has fired a prison guard who hit the wrong button on a control
panel near Arkansas` death row, opening 26 cells at the prison
unit.
The incident happened earlier this week and is the second
accidental opening in just over a month. Last time, an inmate was
murdered.
Prison spokeswoman Dina Tyler said the guard was fired for
"inattentiveness to duty." She did not release the guard`s name
and said the lone incident was the reason the guard was fired.
The guard has 30 days to appeal the dismissal.
Tyler said none of the death row inmates left their cells during
Wednesday`s incident at the Varner Supermax Unit.
