In 2368, a group of Cardassians, convicted as war criminals and sentenced to die in the prison's infamous Omega Wing escaped from the cell block and, using captured Bajoran phaser pistols, made a dash for the shuttle. While a few of the condemned prisoners gained access to the shuttle's ramp, most were cut down by a Bajoran firing squad with phaser rifles, set to kill. One of the escapees likened the Bajoran actions as killing the Cardassians as if they were gettle.