The Wisconsin Department of Corrections reports the April escape at the state prison in Columbia has cost 11 guards their jobs.
Seven staff members were fired and four more resigned as the investigation was being conducted.
The workers affected were notified Thursday.
Most of the seven staff members fired and one who was suspended for five days have the right to appeal the decision in their cases.
Two were in their probationary period and can’t appeal.
Thomas Deering and James Newman escaped the Columbia Correctional Institution April 16th and were taken into custody in Rockford, Illinois the next day.
