Inmates Use Pancake Batter And Toothpaste To Conceal Hole In Wall

Now steel plates are being added to the Missouri jail’s interior walls.

The hole at the Scott City Jail was discovered this weekend, said police Chief Don Cobb. He said inmates removed a block from the wall, after making a digging tool with a nail, a wire from a light fixture and a toothbrush.

The mixture of pancake batter and toothpaste looked like mortar, he said.

Prisoners will stay in a county jail until a security check is completed at the city building.

The city jail’s exterior walls already are reinforced with steel to prevent inmates from escaping, Cobb said.

“Unless they can smuggle in an arc welder, they aren’t getting through that,” he said.

JOKESTARTERS:

• Prison guards first became aware of the alternate use for pancake batter when they smelled the unique scent of maple syrup on the wall. Originally they thought that Aunt Jemima was imprisoned…
• Not to be outdone, pancake mix manufacturers everywhere will be releasing their newest product: “Missouri Prison Pancake Mix With Built-In Toothpaste.”

SOURCE:

• WRAL