10 Escapes from Arizona Super Max

The last six months of 2009 have been a nightmare for officers working the two Arizona super max prisons. Super max which houses Arizona's most deadly inmates have been plagued with security breach's. One convict in super max tunneled into the cells plumbing chase which was not secure "locked" and made his way into the pod where officers work. Officers working the unit said the tunnel had to be three to four months old. The second breach of security came when officers left an convicts food trap unlocked. The convict some how maneged to slip out of his cell through the food trap and remove security pins from an additional 8 cells freeing 8 more convicts in super max. With nowhere to go they started destroying the pod causing thousands of dollars in damage. Officers armed with "guns" brought the inmates back under control.