Eubanks became a "model prisoner" to gain entry into an honor program.
: Mary Ellen had gone to a local laundromat to get quarters when she was abducted, shot twice, and beaten to death. [S2E3] Death Row Fugitive
: In December 1973, prison officials remarkably allowed Eubanks and several other inmates to go Christmas shopping at a mall in Columbus, Ohio, entirely unsupervised . Eubanks became a "model prisoner" to gain entry