SoCot detainees escape but quickly recaptured

KORONADAL CITY - A well-planned escape try was abortedas four inmates of the South Cotabato provincial rehabilitation and detention center (SCPRDC) failed to gain freedom, a jail officer saidSunday. Well planned by bad execution, Juan Lanzaderas, SPRDC jail warden, told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal. The inmates thought they outsmarted the jail guards who were busy securing the premises during visiting hours at past 10 a.m. Sunday.Lanzaderas identified the recaptured inmates asJeffrey Cabrera of Polomolok, South Cotabato, facing robbery hold-up chargesJonathan Campong of Nuro, Upi, Maguindanao facing illegal possession of explosive charges, Remark Bersula of Barangay San Jose Koronadal City who was facing robbery charges andRyan Paquera charged withllegal possession of firearms.Lanzadera saidCabrera and Campong were arrested in an open rice field at the back of the detention facility while Bersula and Paquera where collared while about to leap from the high concrete walls of the jail compound.Police and jail guards recovered bedding covers and blankets, tied together along with round ironbars the inmates use in leaping through the high walls.One of the inmates told DXOM-AM that lack of food and family problems motivated them to escape.However, Lanzaderas said despite limited funds, inmates have been feed three times a day and other amenities were also provided.