RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction has completed its after-action review and is making several changes after the escape of a Bertie Correctional Institution prisoner in Orange County.
On Aug. 13, convicted murderer Ramone Alston freed himself from leg restraints and jumped out of a transport van upon arrival to UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus. Alston was on the run for several days before he was captured at a hotel in Kannapolis , where he was staying under a female’s name.
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While the new after-action review on the escape is comprised entirely of matters related to prison system security and is confidential, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction shared several actions that are beginning or are underway as a result of the report’s findings and recommendations.
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Those actions include:
- Reducing the number of outside prison medical trips by the following means:
- Building capacity to provide more specialty medical services inside the prison system.
- Increasing use of telemedicine and e-consult to engage outside specialists.
- Implementing orange transport clothing for offenders in close custody, medium custody and restrictive housing
- Implement annual in-service training for transportation staff
- Review all offender transport related policies and procedures
Alston’s sister Monique Brady and another woman, Jacobia Crisp, have been charged with aiding the prisoner in his escape…