Two escapes too many

The Sept. 22 escape of two inmates from the Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp north of Newcastle marked the second escape from the facility in three months, leading us to question what is happening at the camp in recent months to allow for these incidents to happen more frequently. 
During the town hall on Thursday, Sept. 26, Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp Warden Todd Martin explained that the investigation into the escape was ongoing so, at the time, he could not answer questions specific to the escape. 
He did state that after he received the go-ahead from his boss that he would be willing to discuss the escape in detail with the public. 
Here at the News Letter Journal we want to make sure that this promise does not get pushed aside and that the conversation does happen. 
We, as a community, have the right to know what has happened to allow for two different escape situations, one during the day and one at night involving two inmates and a dog, were allowed to happen so close together. We have the right to know what is being done to prevent future escapes and what can be done to further secure our safety. 
We do understand that this is a minimum security facility, but this does not excuse the camp’s responsibility to keep the public living in the vicinity of the camp safe. 
Martin stated in information provided to the public at the town hall that the “Wyoming Department of Corrections is currently conducting a full investigation that will include security staffing, security practices as well as notification practices,” and we want to hold them to that. 
We as a community need to come together and demand that our questions are answered, that they inform us how an escape involving multiple individuals took place and how they were able to be gone for at least an hour before it was recognized they
were missing. 
Despite this incident, we do know that those who work at the camp put themselves in danger every day and that does not go unrecognized here at the News Letter Journal. We just know we have the right to have our questions answered, like Martin promised.