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.
State officials didn’t say when the man escaped, but said the Cañon City Search Team was immediately activated and law enforcement was notified when COs noticed the escape
“Jailbreak: Love on the Run” charts Vicky White’s 17 years working as a Lauderdale County CO, with coworkers noting her behavior leading up to the escape was erratic
“Jailbreak: Love on the Run” shows how Vicky White played a role in thwarting other officers’ romances with inmates before helping Casey White escape
One of the two inmates has been taken into custody
Tony Krueger, 20, escaped in a transport vehicle and led officers on a six-hour manhunt Wednesday
Officials say Brandon Viator, 46, removed leg shackles during transport, drove away with mother
The couple got away with it until a real deputy called the detention center two days later
Authorities say man escaped custody during transport and stole a police vehicle
The inmates sprayed bleach in the eyes of one worker and assaulted the other, causing injuries to his ribs
Security camera images show the inmates climbing down from a drain pipe at the front of the sheriff’s office
The five inmates are now back in custody
Five inmates escaped from the Marshall County jail, with three of them still on the run
CO Ronald “R.J.” Johnson was killed in a failed prison escape attempt in April 2011
The state agreed to the change of venue out of “an abundance of caution”
Sheriff’s officials said the inmate slipped out of his handcuffs, shattered the passenger-side window and climbed atop the patrol car
Body cam video shows an escaped inmate who had been on the run for two months being arrested by authorities
Police said an inmate is back in custody after he unbuckled himself from an ambulance and ran away
The publisher of a weekly newspaper in south Mississippi says he unwittingly gave a car ride to a convicted murderer who had just escaped from a state prison
Curtis Green and two other inmates overpowered and attacked an officer in the Orangeburg County detention center and escaped on May 19
The inmates reportedly used a an electrical outlet, toilet paper and an empty toothpaste tube to spark the blaze
Prosecutors said Giovanni Herrin fabricated three medical emergencies over two days in early July as part of an ongoing plan to escape custody
In order to function properly during emergency situations, we must get to know and work with all agencies in our criminal justice system
The inmate had been placed on a gurney with his wrists and ankles in restraints when he managed to get free
The helicopter pilot who was forced to take part in the jailbreak of Redoine Faid has told of how he was taken by surprise, beaten with pistol butts and threatened
The CO shot and wounded the prisoner, who’s a murder suspect, after the inmate escaped from a medical center
The escape was at least the fifth of the year from the troubled youth lockup, underscoring the chronic staffing woes that have endangered both COs and inmates
Some 2,900 French police and gendarmes were searching for a man after a helicopter-borne commando sprung him from a jail
The inmates reportedly stole a service van that was used to breach the perimeter fences
Deputies said a CO, 28-year-old Sarina Dodson, helped the trio escape the detention center Friday morning
After nearly 68 years, the S.C. Department of Corrections gave up last week on finding escapee Herbert Simmons
The 3 escapees remain at large
Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd said the killer is “dangerous and violent” and should not have been released to an unsecure facility
Ricky Dubose and Donnie Rowe are facing the death penalty in the murder of two COs as they escaped a prison bus
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