How quickly they are sent to Texas depends on Colorado extradition laws and whether they waive rights to fight extradition. After being transferred from Colorado, where six of the surviving seven escapees were captured this week, they will be treated as other high-risk inmates in Dallas County, Bowles said. Guards will deliver their meals and any books they request from the law library, and a recreation officer will exercise with them in their cells. Phone access and visitors will be limited. Although extra security is a possibility, jail officials say existing procedures are adequate to keep even cunning convicts behind bars.
Authorities say they have experience with high-risk criminals.
The county system, with six jail buildings holding up to 8,200 inmates, is larger than some prisons in other states. The only non-trusty inmate ever to escape in Dallas County was caught while still on the property. These are not people with special powers. They're six scumbags, and we'll treat them like the other inmates. Seven men broke out of the maximum-security Connally Unit in Kenedy on Dec. 13, following an elaborate plan of overpowering guards and stealing their guns.