[Russia] - Cops Launch Manhunt After Prisoners Escape in Russia's Sverdlovsk Region

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
3 prisoners left from a correctional facility in Russias Sverdlovsk region, regional media reported Tuesday, pointing out prison
authorities.Law enforcement authorities released a manhunt after the detainees broke through jail bars and left through a window at a
correctional facility in the commercial city of Nizhny Tagil, around 1,370 kilometers (851 miles) east of Moscow.According to an unnamed
prison service official who talked to the local media outlet E1.ru, security procedures at the facility where the males left are much less
stringent than at normal prisons.Convicts from the correctional center can leave freely each day, without an escort, go to work at different
places where they are utilized and return in the evening, the authorities was priced quote as saying.They can also easily, with the
authorization of the jail administration, leave the territory of the correctional center to check out stores, medical institutions or to
meet family members, the main added.Authorities stated the 3 escapees were founded guilty of theft and damage of property.