Comments on: Sheriff: Corrections Officer Helped Two Prisoners Escape From Brewton Work Release Barracks

By: Retired LEO

Retired LEO — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:34:58 +0000

Citizen and concerned citizen, you sound like you have an axe to grind with Sheriff Jackson. He trusts the Corrections Officers to keep the inmates in custody and she obviously violated that trust. She was arrested for committing a felony for helping them, how is that making her the scapegoat? He’s done more for the agency and the jail since he took office than the previous Sheriff did in 4 terms. They’re probably taking applications for a Correctional Officer now, head on down there today and sign up so you can straighten things out.

By: Concerned Observer

Concerned Observer — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:25:21 +0000

“Jackson described Deidra Madden and prisoner Hunter Madden as being only distantly related through marriage.”

Even distantly through marriage, wouldn’t that create a potential conflict of interests? If something like this happens outside of jail, the person helping any wanted criminal to escape or elude law enforcement would be charged with aiding and abetting, right? Not saying she’s guilty, just wondering how she was even in that place to begin with.

By: poohbear

poohbear — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:53:05 +0000

she won’t have to worry about buying clothes now since she will be wearing orange for awhile.

By: BigHoss93

BigHoss93 — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:51:24 +0000

As a past corrections officer for the escambia county jail in Brewton, I can tell you that unless they fixed the door to the work release barracks, the door very easily doesn’t shut unless it’s slammed. A lot of times it would just bounce off of its own lock. As far as that goes hardly any of the doors work the way they are supposed to in that jail. “Master control” or the “cube” can’t even remotely unlock most of the doors majority of the time. So unless there has been some major changes in the past few years then I wouldn’t assume anything until it is thoroughly investigated and cameras are watched.

By: Jb

Jb — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:14:16 +0000

Apparently if I had to guess sheriff Jackson has evidence that she helped them escape Jackson is and has always been a stand up guy iam sure he acted appropriately to this matter KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK SHERIFF JACKSON

By: Willis

Willis — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:17:11 +0000

@ Citizen
Maybe you’re correct…..

But it’s a high probability that a detention facility has cameras and stored footage to see what may have happened.

By: Citizen

Citizen — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:16:53 +0000

It’s a shame that after three escapes from the same facility within one year they feel the need to cast blame on a corrections officer with over twenty years of honorable service. To take the word of a convicted felon over an honorable officer is a shame!

By: Concerned citizen

Concerned citizen — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:28:08 +0000

Maybe the ADOC should look into the ratio of inmates to correctional officers at this facility. This isn’t the first escape of inmates from inside the barracks. It appears to be the third escape since Sheriff Jackson has been elected. The detention center has 153 beds, but currently houses 395 inmates. One has to question if this was yet another toxic combination of overcrowding and understaffing, rather than an officer facilitating an escape. It’s sad that Officer Madden has to be the scapegoat for Jackson.

By: JTV

JTV — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:25:34 +0000

Deidra Will get off scot free.

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:52:05 +0000

If you are a prison guard and an inmate ask you to leave a door open so they can escape, first check with your supervisor and get their opinion on whether this is a good idea or not.