Last month's quake came as a blessing in disguise for 220 prisoners lodged in three jails in Nepal. The prisoners used the opportunity to escape from the damaged structures. Most of the escapees, 216 of them, fled from the district prison in Sindhupalchowk, the worst affected district on the April 25 quake. Four others escaped from two prisons in the capital. "The prison in Sindhupalchowk was completely damaged in the quake and the prisoners took that opportunity to flee," confirmed Nepal Police spokesperson Kamal Singh Bam.
