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Second prisoner escapes Australian prison in less than a month

A prisoner escaped today from the minimum security facility at the Goulburn Correctional Centre in New South Wales, the second break-out from the prison in less than a month, The first prison break from the Goulburn Correctional Centre, which is also known as the Goulburn Supermax and is considered Australia’s most secure jail, happened in August, when maximum-security prisoner Stephen Jamieson escaped using bedsheets and a blanket, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.Jamieson, 28, tied a pillow around his waist, most likely to climb over razor wire at the top of the prison wall. He then stole a pickup but was caught almost 12 hours later after leading police on a 40-kilometre high-speed chase, Australia’s ABC News reported.Jamieson had been in segregation after being identified as a suspect over the discovery of a 60-cm-deep hole in the prison’s floor, which was found earlier in August.According to the Australian, on Wednesday morning, another prisoner, Beau Wiles, 25, escaped from the Goulburn Correctional Centre around 10 a.m.after he jumped one of the prison’s fences.Wiles was serving an 18-month sentence for shoplifting, assault, robbery, car theft and driving while disqualified.Goulburn Correctional Centre is a maximum and minimum security institution for males located in the Southern Tablelands, 197 kilometers southwest of Sydney.