Police searching for Bolduc escapee
11/25/09 | 11 comments

Police searching for Bolduc escapee


By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff
Image courtesy of Bolduc Correctional Facility
Clifford James-William Perkins.

WARREN, Maine — Authorities continued to search Tuesday afternoon for the prisoner who escaped last weekend from the minimum-security Bolduc Correctional Facility.

It was the second such escape this month.

Clifford Perkins, 26, who is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds and sports a scorpion tattoo on his left shoulder, last was seen at 9 p.m. Saturday. He was serving time for burglary and eluding an officer and was due for release in 2011, said Denise Lord, associate commissioner of the Maine Department of Corrections.

Although Perkins has a long rap sheet, including charges of car burglary, criminal mischief and reckless conduct, he is not a violent offender, she said.

“Prisoners have to earn their place at Bolduc,” Lord said.

Prison officials are working closely with Maine State Police and local law enforcement agencies and also have sent notices of the escape around the country.

“We have a warrant out,” she said.

There are no fences at the facility, although inmates’ movements are supervised. With more than 2,000 prisoners in 10 years, “only 11” have escaped, Lord said.

“I think that overall, that’s a very low escape rate,” she said.

Two of those 11 occurred earlier this month, when two men were on the loose for six days before their capture in Rhode Island.

Escapes often occur in clusters, Lord said, citing a similar situation that occurred in 2006.

“Whenever you have an issue like this, it’s wise to look at your practice,” she said.

Some of the precautions now being taken by Bolduc authorities include screening inmates more carefully, looking again at the inmates there now to see if “we might want to reconsider,” Lord said, and examining the level of supervision that is available.

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11 comments on this item
On 11/24/09 at 8:02 PM, Beelzebubba wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

A freakin' photo would help, Sherlock.

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On 11/24/09 at 8:39 PM, lisainbangor wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

there is a photo

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On 11/24/09 at 8:42 PM, Amazed wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Often times when the article is put online, it takes a while for them to get a photo up. I've had the same thing happen to me in the past.

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On 11/24/09 at 9:09 PM, Beelzebubba wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Thanks BDN!

Gawd, he looks like half the white trash in Maine (and that's A LOT!)

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On 11/24/09 at 11:47 PM, ammo1971 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Three escapees in a month? Someone at Bolduc needs to be fired.

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On 11/25/09 at 2:03 AM, Michigal wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

More to the story, it was in my local weekly (Lincoln County News). The K9s followed his scent to the Friendship Trap Mill, where it was lost. So was a truck from the company, with another one damaged through an attempt to start it. A hunter discovered the stolen truck on a dirt road about a mile from my house in Bristol, where it was abandoned, with an empty gas tank. Unfortunately for him (haha) he didn't know the truck had dual tanks, and the other was full. But what the heck he was escaping down to Bristol for, I don't know, unless his reason for escaping was because he thought a girlfriend or someone was cheating on him. But seriously, the road leads to nowhere.

And now my biggest beef is the news media not following up on this story. It would have been nice to know he was in the area, I could have locked my doors and been a bit more careful and watchful. Or at least the Lincoln County sheriff could have been a bit more helpful in letting the citizens know. It's not like there are hundreds of homes in my area, they could certainly have gone around to let people know.

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On 11/25/09 at 3:24 AM, Farmer101 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

These inmates are give the chance to to work at Bolduic on their honor and when they escape they screw it up for others that would like that chance of working a bit instead of sitting in a 12 ft X 12 ft pen for 23 hours

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On 11/25/09 at 6:26 AM, knowitall wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

2,000 prisoners in 10 years, “only 11” have escaped, Lord said. Charleston has been open since 1980, has had twice as many inmates and less escapes. why you ask? Because it is in the middle of nowhere and the inmates don't dare to run. I say move the inmates from bolduc to Charleston.

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On 11/25/09 at 8:21 AM, freetospeak wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Maybe it would be nice to know this individual has a scar about 5 inches long or so on the right side of his head from an accident years ago also. I am sure this would stand out more than a tattoo as it is really sick looking...

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On 11/25/09 at 12:11 PM, Tina7795 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Little brother Cliffy.................hope he realizes that he made a bad decision and turns himself in!

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On 11/25/09 at 12:39 PM, Amanda1982 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

People make bad choices and knowing the Bolduc facility, you put inmates there on a trust basis, obviously the trust has been broken with the 2 escapes last month, and now this one...Im sure the dept. is looking over changing some policies, but with state budget cuts bigger than ever. There's just not enough money to hire on more guards...oh, and also hearing of the state cut backs for teens (there are now barely any teen group homes open), if the kids are our future, what are we looking forward to?

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