Prison escape attempt foiled
MADISON — State prison officials say an inmate is in solitary after he tried to escape from Columbia Correctional Institution.
Department of Corrections spokesman John Dipko says 49-year-old James Frederick was supposed to pick up food carts when he bolted for the perimeter fences.
He had stuffed his clothes with newspapers to protect him from razor wire that lined the top of the first fence. He also had a large bag of raisins with him.
Frederick tried to climb the first fence, but still cut his hand on the razor wire and fell to the ground. Dipko says Frederick escaped from Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution in 1981 but was recaptured. The Columbia escape attempt occurred about 5:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Oct 8, 2009 at 9:38 a.m.
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Maybe the raisins where to leave a trail just in case he got lost lol
Oct 8, 2009 at 9:35 a.m.
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I'm guessing the raisins were for food once he got out. I hate raisins, but I'd rather have those than have to eat bugs. Who knows what was going through this genius's head other than his grand scheme of escape.
Oct 8, 2009 at 9:34 a.m.
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I heard it through the grapevine.
Oct 8, 2009 at 5:46 a.m.
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Makes perfect sense to me. Fruitloops need and love raisins
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:21 p.m.
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what an idiot
Oct 7, 2009 at 7:10 p.m.
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I thought my last box of raisin bran was missing some raisins.........AH HA!!
Oct 7, 2009 at 7:08 p.m.
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Stupidity
Oct 7, 2009 at 5:53 p.m.
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wonder what he's in there for.
Oct 7, 2009 at 5:06 p.m.
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it sure takes all kinds! if he is dumb enough to think newspaper and raisins would help him, he doesn't much deserve the rights that, as an American, he receives. yeah...due process and all, but c'mon...not too many brain cells still functioning in this dude...
Oct 7, 2009 at 4:40 p.m.
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lol
Oct 7, 2009 at 4:17 p.m.
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I'd have saved some of my bologna sandwiches to toss out in an attempt to slow the police dogs down. Assuming I was dumb enough to just make a run for the razor wire.
Watch him file a lawsuit for pain and suffering at having his hands cut.
Oct 7, 2009 at 4:03 p.m.
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raisens????????????
Oct 7, 2009 at 3:57 p.m.
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More padding??
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BTW, 1981?? Looks like he likes it better in than out.
Oct 7, 2009 at 3:50 p.m.
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what a fruitcake
Oct 7, 2009 at 3:22 p.m.
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Nooooooooooooooo. Not raisens!
Oct 7, 2009 at 3:03 p.m.
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Raisins? At what point did it become vital to have raisins to acheive a successful escape? Did he talk with others who tried but failed to jump the fence and the lack of fruit, more specifically, raisins were thought to be the missing link? I would love to hear the reasoning behind this.
Oct 7, 2009 at 2:51 p.m.
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lol dumba$$
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