On January 21, a 42 year old woman, Jessica Boomershine, fell through a jail ceiling while in a holding room. The incident was caught on the surveillance cameras around the room. While Boomershine was in the holding room, she decided to try and escape while no cops were looking. The inmate took one of the chairs near her, slid it under one of the tiles above her and tried to escape, while other inmates cheered her on. The surveillance cameras had shown Boomershine disappearing into the ceiling, when suddenly, the tiles broke from under her. The cops ran into the holding room and removed her from the ceiling, causing her to fall head first into a trash bin. According to county jail records, she was charged with escape and vandalism. Kyle Lennon, her attorney, had declined to comment on the incident to The Associated Press.
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How do you think the cops reacted when they saw what was going on?
To keep their job, they would have had to be stern about the situation and would get the inmate to a cell before anything else happened. In all honesty, I also feel like they may have let out a laugh here and there behind closed doors.
If you were one of the inmates watching this happen, how would you react?
I would be confused to be honest. I feel like people who try and escape from a place with cameras everywhere, there wouldn’t be any point in trying, but I would just watch from the side lines and let the cops handle it. Might even talk about it with the others.
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I agree. I feel like the cops didn't not have a laugh about the situation. They definately wanted to make sure they kept their job and were professional, but deep down they wre laughing. I also wouldn't do anything, because I wouldn't want to get in more trouble.
I agree. You don't hear about it, but im sure people try and escape their cell or any place they may be in prison. I also think I would be scared for them. If they hurt themselves the story behind it might not be believible to the cops.
You would think that they were kind of mean after that, just because she tried to escape. However, I agree, they probably did laugh when no one could see. I would think that she was wasting time. Not only trying to get out, but also in jail because she definitely increased her penalty by doing this. When she fell, I would definitely laugh.
I think the cops would have to look out for her more than any of the other inmates because they caught her trying to escape. I agree with what you said about how it's like she's wasting time, because the cops are going to find her either way, no matter how hard the inmates trys to escape. I think everyone should deal with their sentence and not do anything to add more time to their sentence.
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