Chapter 1: Escape plan unravels

Inmates on kitchen detail were grilling pancakes just after 3 a.m. at the sprawling Lewis Prison complex. Ricky Wassenaar, a cook, had been studying the weaknesses in the prison's Morey Unit for four years and chose a Sunday graveyard shift to launch his plan. He knew at this hour the place was guarded mostly by "fish" -- inexperienced officers with only months on the job. If he and his cellmate, Steven Coy, could get to the arsenal in the tower, freedom was just a mad dash through the administration building. If they could persuade others to join the escape, all the better.

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