Five Prison Employees Placed On Leave After Escape

ENFIELD, Conn. (WTIC Radio) – The Connecticut Department of Correction has placed five employees on paid administrative leave following an escape at the Carl Robinson Correctional Institution in Enfield earlier this month.
All five employees– four correction officers and a general maintenance officer– are assigned to the medium-security prison, said officials.
It comes as officials investigate how 25-year-old Jerry Mercado of Hartford was able to escape from the facility. Merca