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CAÑON CITY — Prison escapee Douglas Alward, the only Colorado prisoner to ever escape past a lethal electric fence, tells 9News that any inmate could have done the same thing, and he blames his seventh escape on incompetent prison officers.
“The real issue is the laziness of Sterling staff,” said 48- year-old Alward.
9News interviewed Alward in a series of phone conversations and letters he sent since he escaped in August and was captured three days later.
Colorado Department of Corrections director Ari Zavaras disagrees with Alward and says prison staff members were doing their jobs. However, he changed prison policies across the state after Alward’s most recent escape highlighted deficiencies.
