4 face murder rap after failed prison break

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North Carolina inmates face murder charges in the deaths of two workers in their sewing programme after trying to burn, stab and slash their way out of prison.

The state’s public safety chief expressed outrage Friday that certain violent inmates had access to cutting tools, and announced a thorough review and temporary ban on such prison jobs. The men were behind the failed breakout set a fire inside a prison sewing plant to divert guards and apparently planned to climb over prison fences, Pasquotank County Sheriff Randy Cartwright said last week. (AP)