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
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
Officials said Duwin Perez-Cordova “utilized another inmate’s identifiers” to “unlawfully” leave the jail
For over a decade, Charles Cagley thought he was no longer a wanted man
Eric C. Conn, who fled the country to avoid prison after committing fraud on a grand scale in his legal practice, faces up to 27 years in prison
Authorities found a razor and two screwdrivers on the inmate when he was caught
Authorities believe Alinton H. John stole a Toyota pick up truck and that there might have been a gun in the vehicle
The corrections officer, who wasn’t injured, was placed on administrative leave, per policy, after the shooting