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Halfway House Escapes

By Tim Ellis

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kuac/local-kuac-1011361.mp3

Delta Junction, AK – Alaska State Troopers and Fairbanks police are on the lookout for two men who walked away from a privately operated halfway house in Ester. The state corrections official who oversees the Northstar Community Residential Center and seven other facilities says the public has little to fear, but the escapees are still a drain on local law enforcement. KUAC's Tim Ellis reports.