How Secure Is the Sheffield City Jail?

Jail? Not Secure in Sheffield

By:  The Midnight Rider

Last week, we wrote an article about how the City of Sheffield was like a soap opera. We focused on several of the different Departments, mainly the Police Department. Well, the day after this article was published, there was an inmate who decided to leave the jail.

First let’s see what Webster’s Dictionary has to say:

Definition of jail

1: a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; specifically: such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (such as a county) for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crime.

Okay, a jail should be secure. The Times Daily reported the prisoner was making a phone call and then ran out the side door. So I reached out to a source within the Department and asked about this. I was told:

“The phone is about 10 feet from the side door. The Door is card operated to enter but not secured on exit. So basically anyone can just walk out of the door.”

My next question is where the Jailer, Officer or Supervisor working the jail that day was. Is there more than one that works the jail at one time? Were they not watching this prisoner?

Now the prisoner was captured 90 minutes later. But the basis of this article is why did it happen in the first place?

That’s it for now. But remember, the Midnight Rider will always be around to voice his/her/their(?) opinion.

I am and always will be, the Midnight Rider.

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Another excellent commentary by the Midnight Rider! We do have to ask about the door with the carded entry. Unless it's an old Charles Bronson movie, not too many people try to break into jails, so why does this system work only to keep intruders out?