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The government of Saskatchewan is under fire for waiting 15 hours before notifying the public of a prison break. Six men escaped from Regina Correctional Centre on Sunday night, but the public wasn't informed until Monday. One of the inmates has been caught, but the other five are still at large and considered dangerous and possibly armed.

Says the CBC news website:

With the Trans-Canada Highway nearby, police acknowledge that the inmates could have travelled far in the hours since their escape.

"We've got a pretty big country. They could be just about anywhere," said RCMP Sgt. Doug Coleman.

Wow! thanks, RCMP! What else can you tell us, CBC?

Sources told CBC News that the men escaped by pulling a vent off a wall, crawling into it and then kicking their way through an exterior brick wall. The brick wall did not have any reinforced concrete or rebar.

Apparently you can escape prison in Regina by just kicking down walls. Thank goodness the builders of the facility cut corners, keeping that pesky, reinforcing rebar out of the way. Boy, do I feel safe now!

It doesn't help matters that at least four of the men are charged with violent crimes: one is doing time for murder, while three others are doing time for attempted murder in connection with a home invasion.

But, wait! There's more: In the past 10 years there have been at least four other break-outs at Regina Correctional Centre. In an escape in 2003, inmates escaped by digging a hole through the roof of an auditorium. In a separate escape, two prisoners escaped by "clawing their way through a brick shower room wall," says the CBC.

Not only can you kick walls in, you can claw through them like Play-Doh. Either offenders in Saskatchewan are all miraculously strong, or the prison is build out of sticks and leaves.

I think we all learned about the importance of building materials at an early age. Most of us can quickly deduce from the Three Little Pigs that a good foundation and strong walls can keep bad stuff in as well as out. Apparently someone needs to read the Saskatchewan government a bedtime story to refresh their memories.