Record Breakers

The Young County jail in Graham, Texas, is remarkably unconfining. In the past two years 16 inmates have escaped. The record--at least for two-man escapes --is held by Jeffrey Lamb, 18, and David Bowman, 20, who were arrested last August on charges of burglary, attempted murder and car theft.

In October they escaped by scuttling under a fence in the exercise yard. Recaptured, they squirmed to freedom in December through air-conditioning vents. They were caught again but broke out this month through a supposedly shatterproof glass window.

They were captured a third time and sent to the more secure Dallas County jail. Says Young County District Attorney Boyd Richie of his lockup: "The only way to fix it is to bulldoze it."

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