"Warden, security chief resign after Arizona prison escape" by Associated Press | August 16, 2010
KINGMAN, Ariz. — A warden and a security official have resigned their posts at a state prison where three inmates escaped last month, setting off a nationwide search.
Unit Warden Lori Lieder and a unit security chief resigned last week from Arizona State Prison at Kingman, said Carl Stuart, a spokesman for Management & Training Corp., the private company that runs the state prison.
The escape sparked criticism of security levels at the prison.
John McCluskey, Tracy Province, and Daniel Renwick escaped July 31 with the alleged help of Casslyn Welch.
Renwick and Province have been recaptured, but McCluskey and Welch, his cousin, are the focus of a nationwide hunt.
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Arizona State Prison officials said they had no information. Stuart said the resignations were a personnel issue.
Meanwhile, the search for the two was focused Saturday on western Montana and the Northwestern United States and Western Canada.
The last credible sighting of Welch and McCluskey was on Aug. 6 in Billings, Mont.
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They must have made a U-turn.
The US Marshals Service has asked travelers at truck stops and in campgrounds nationwide to watch out for the couple, who may have dyed their hair and otherwise changed their appearance. Both are experienced long-haul truckers....
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