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Oregon Teenage Girls Stage Brazen Escape Attempt
Loaded on July 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2009, page 44
A bold and bloody escape attempt from an Oregon lockup sent three guards to the hospital. In a stunning twist, the masterminds behind the well-planned, brazen attempt were not hardened criminals, but rather a group of eight teenage girls ranging from 13 to 17 years old.Close to midnight on ...
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