U.S. Citizen on the Run After Busting out of Bali Prison

U.S. Citizen on the Run After Busting out of Bali Prison
A prisoner prays in front of Kerobokan prison in Denpasar, on the Indonesian island of Bali, Indonesia March 1, 2015. Reuters/Beawiharta/File Photo
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DENPASAR, Indonesia—Indonesian police are hunting for a U.S. citizen who escaped on Monday from an overcrowded prison on the holiday island of Bali by cutting through steel bars in a ceiling, the jail’s second breakout of foreign inmates this year.

The Kerobokan prison, about 10 km (six miles) from the main tourist beaches in the Kuta area, often holds foreigners facing drug-related charges.