Prison Break on Sumatra – level 2

10-05-2017 15:00

About 200 inmates escaped from a prison on Sumatra. It happened on Friday when the prisoners were out of their cells during prayers. The capacity of the prison is for 200 people, but it is holding almost 1,900 people.

Hundreds of police and soldiers came to the prison and set up roadblocks around the city. They caught over half of the prisoners on the same day.

Difficult words: inmate (a prisoner), cell (a prisoner’s small room), prayers (an event when people pray/ ‘talk to God’ together).

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