Video: 4,000 inmates in the Haiti capital’s main prison have escaped

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Amidst the horror and devastation of the massive 7.0 earthquake that has rocked Haiti, almost all of the 4,000 inmates in the capital’s main prison have escaped.

“They obviously took advantage of this disaster,” Marcal Izard, a spokesman for the International Red Cross, said.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper visited the jail in Port-au-Prince and filed a report Friday. “We heard the prison was destroyed. We didn’t realize we’d find the door wide open,” he said.