PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE

Guards at a prison in Brazil foiled a breakout attempt when they apprehended a cat sneaking through the prison gate with escape tools taped to its stomach. The cat, officials said, was carrying two small saws, two drill bits, a cellphone, three batteries, and a mobile-phone charger. All 263 prisoners are suspects in the breakout plot, said a prison spokesman, but “it will be hard to discover who is responsible since the cat does not speak.”