NUMEROUS SECURITY VIOLATIONS IN INMATE ESCAPE, REPORTS FIND

ATLANTA Two Georgia prison guards failed to properly search and secure their prisoners on a transfer bus, enabling two inmates to free themselves and rush forward to overpower and kill the guards who had violated numerous security procedures, officials said Friday in reports on the deadly June escape.

The two reports lay the blame for the June 13 escape on the slain guards, and corrections officials said numerous procedures are being revised in response.

The two inmates were captured two days later and face charges including murder.