Police Probe Defective Cell Grate After Three Inmates Escape From Feira de Santana Prison

Overview

• The escape was discovered around 8:30 a.m. on October 21 during a routine count after a violation was found in cell 29 of Pavilion 10 at the Conjunto Penal de Feira de Santana.
• The fugitives are Daniel Costa Lima, 26, Lucas Conceição dos Santos, 25, and Paulo Ricardo Santos da Silva, 24, with two convicted of homicide and one of qualified theft.
• A Department of Technical Police examination confirmed a problem in the cell’s metal grate, and investigators will determine if it was a maintenance lapse or deliberate tampering.
• Police report the trio used a bedsheet rope to scale walls, crossed multiple fences and an unoccupied guardhouse, and then reached a public road, with the escape likely between 1:30 and 3:00 a.m.
• Civil, Military, and Technical police are conducting searches, interviewing staff and inmates, and seeking external camera footage, noting there are no cameras inside the pavilion.