Escapes
Escapes are one of the most critical challenges faced by correctional facilities. This directory provides articles and resources on escape prevention, response strategies, and analysis of past incidents. Understanding the causes and methods of escapes is essential for improving security measures and reducing the risk of such events. Explore our section on Correctional Facility Security for insights into strengthening facility security.
Despite restraints on his wrists and ankles, the inmate evaded multiple agents in a busy terminal and slipped onto the light rail undetected
Learn from six prison escapes that were noteworthy for ingenuity, nerve, and determination and also being entirely preventable
César Moisés Hernández, who was on the run for four months, is accused of fatally shooting Cmdr. Abigail Esparza, who led a Mexican police unit targeting foreign fugitives
Gov. Phil Bryant has directed “the use of all necessary assets and personnel” to find the two inmates who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman
The outlaw killed his wife with an ax and was last seen after escaping from jail in 1916
The assault and murder of corrections administrator Debra Johnson has led to questions in court hearings about security at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary
The teenager was taken into custody along with two other individuals in the apartment with him
The officers have been accused of facilitating the escape after four teenagers were left unsupervised
Authorities say a fourth teenager is still at large
Authorities are still searching for the two other teenagers
The teens were on work detail and escaped when their supervisor left to respond to a fight
Police spotted escapee Joseph Keith Edwards in a car that was reported stolen
Curtis Watson is charged with murdering a corrections administrator before escaping
The two men’s escape is still being investigated after officers found a hole in the bathroom ceiling used in the escape
The inmates made an eight-inch wide hole in a blind spot, escaped through a section of construction fencing outside the jail
John Gillespie tried to run over state trooper, was captured following standoff
There are some key steps correctional officers can take to prepare for a safe and effective response to a prison escape
The inmate is the first of four tried on charges of killing two COs, a maintenance worker and a sewing plant manager
Andrew Pleviak allegedly showed a fake memorandum in an attempt to release an inmate
One of four inmates involved in the failed escape said the deadly attempt was his idea
One of four inmates involved in the attempt is on trial for first-degree murder
Austin Patrick Hall started a 117-month sentence on June 20 last year
The inmates escaped late Thursday night from the detention center
An Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction report said the jail was at double its capacity and had failed to comply with 77 state standards
In 1949, “Tunnel Joe” Holmes began hacking away at the slate floor under his cot, using a stick with a nail attached to the end; 20 months later he escaped
The County Sheriff’s department later arrested William Swagger after he jumped out of a moving ambulance to escape
Authorities had suspected that inmate Calvin Adams didn’t make it past the electric fence
The inmate overpowered two female corrections officers and escaped
A convicted murderer who escaped from prison in 2009 while wearing a CO uniform is missing and may have escaped again
Jail officials thwarted the attempt to help the inmate escape
Christoper Clanton Sr., 33, had been taken to Good Samaritan Hospital because of a pre-existing medical condition
The couple overpowered two private security guards in the transport van after the wife faked a medical emergency
The suspect escaped from a transport vehicle with his fugitive wife last month
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