Mark Makela/Getty Images(WEST CHESTER, Pa.) Officials in Chester County, Pennsylvania, admitted Wednesday that there were failures in official communications following convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante s escape from their county prison on Aug. 31.
During the first public meeting of the board that oversees the prison since the two-week manhunt for Cavalcante drew national headlines, Chester County Commissioner Josh Maxwell told residents the ordeal was "something we never expected to happen here in Chester County, a place where people move to be and feel safe."
Officials stated that they started having "concerns about the leadership and operations" at the prison a year earlier.
"We want to find ways to earn your trust," Maxwell said. "It s going to take more than a day, more than a meeting today. It s going to take weeks and then months and then years without any incidents to earn the community s trust."
He added that Cavalcante was &quo
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