Inmate Escapes From Purgatory Correctional Facility

Inmate Escapes From Purgatory Correctional Facility


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(KSL News) -- Law enforcement agencies around the country are on the lookout for an inmate who escaped the Purgatory Correctional Facility today in Washington County.

It's believed Doyle Dockstader escaped while a guard became distracted helping an injured inmate. He then may have gone over a series of fences with razor wire on them.

Inmate Escapes From Purgatory Correctional Facility

Dockstader left wearing a prison uniform.

He has a history of assault, domestic violence and weapons crimes; police consider him dangerous.

This is the first time in history an inmate has escaped Purgatory. It is the same facility where Warren Jeffs is being held.

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