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Aggravated assault. questions are now raised why such dangerous criminals were housed in a medium security facility where guards hadn't noticed right away they had cut through the fence and escaped. >> it appears to have been a human error on the part of several of that staff. >> reporter: a human error with deadly consequences for an innocent couple from oklahoma. this, as the manhunt continues in and around yellowstone and throughout the west. george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >> george, thanks so much. when we come back here on "morning joe," the gridlock and blame game in washington are...

Two are together. mckrus i can and his first cousin, and apparently the one who who -- a mommy who helped them all escape. you have two different people to look for, two different faces to match together. so that is good. but he is extraordinarily dangerous. he's got nothing to lose. they put this guy, look at this, they put this guy in a medium security facility which he got out with a pair of bolt cutters and he's got a life sentence for homicide. and what does he have to lose for doing anything out on the outside, the only thing they'll do is put him back in prison to serve out his term. so...

And cut their way through. so that's the part of what might happen in an escape, something as simple as making these could get you out of prison. >> yes. >> john, how long does a typical prison break, how long in the making might that be, months? years? >> for something like that, yes. in a lower security facility, believe it or not, it's usually an impromptu decision. because many of the inmates at federal prison camps, for instance, there are no locks or gates or doors. they literally just walk away. they're not even called escapees, they're walk aways. it's a result of a dear john letter, l...

So that's the part of what might happen in an escape, something as simple as making these could get you out of prison. >> yes. >> john, how long does a typical prison break, how long in the making might that be, months? years? >> for something like that, yes. in a lower security facility, believe it or not, it's usually an impromptu decision. because many of the inmates at federal prison camps, for instance, there are no locks or gates or doors. they literally just walk away. they're not even called escapees, they're walk aways. it's a result of a dear john letter, letter from the spouse or gi...

Threw wire cutters and some other items over the fence that were used to effect their escape. >> why were these men in prison? they were all convicted of murder and yet this was a medium security facility. >> murders progress to maximum and close facilities. we have 2,689 murderers in the arizona prison system, the majority of those are in close and medium custody. it's not the custody level that was the issue, it appears staff performance was the issue. >> and you made a point of saying this is a private prison. i mean, does that need to be looked at again, a couple people have raised that, a...