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.
The FBI closed the case in 1979 and today maintains that “the odds were clearly against these men,” but a new book claims the escapees supposedly flew to South America
After Steven Craig Johnson escaped Mill Creek Correctional Facility in 1994, Oregon DOC called him a pedophile who presented “a high probability of victimizing pre-teen boys”
The inmate escaped from Jasper County deputies outside a courthouse and fled to Georgia, where family members convinced him to turn himself in
This is the third reported escape by an inmate from within the LEC in about two years
Donald Knisley found the keys inside the van
The inmate used wire cutters that were likely dropped from a drone as part of an elaborate escape plan
Police warn anyone who encounters the inmate not to approach him and to call 911
Jimmy Causey, 46, has now escaped from two different prisons in a dozen years
Bruce Brutsman escaped Saturday from a hospital after allegedly swallowing a battery
William Lewis spent 40 years on the lam after escaping from a Maryland jail in 1970
Benjamin Lee Small hid in a lockdown cell and used a showerhead in a sock to attack CO Roxanne Powell
Christopher Hunt has a history of attacking law enforcement
Steven Dishman was serving a 7-year sentence for theft of property and burglary convictions when he escaped on May 28, 1985
Workers at the pizza joint watched a man approach the car, but didn’t know it was escaped inmate Bruce Brutsman
Bruce Brutsman was taken to a local hospital after allegedly swallowing a battery
A CO was treated for smoke inhalation
Benjamin Lee Small is still on the run
Joseph “Mad Dog” Sullivan was the only inmate to escape from New York’s Attica prison
Lt. Bill Miller said Patrick Hale held the inmates at gunpoint until deputies arrived, but Hale said he had a weapon on him, “but I never had to draw the weapon”
A homeowner saw inmates Ricky Dubose and Donnie Rowe trying to steal his car and came out with a gun
The inmates were being hunted in the killings of two COs who were overpowered, disarmed and shot to death on a prison bus
The inmates “thoroughly ransacked” a house and took some clothes, leaving their prison uniforms behind
One of the escaped inmates once bragged to a neighbor that police would never figure out that he shot his brother-in-law
Sage Bear and Richard Harvell were caught without incident about 6 miles from Cedar Creek Corrections Center
On the way to receive medical attention, Miguel Garcia attacked the CO, slashed his face and took his gun belt and assault-style rifle
A federal inmate and his fiancee ran a taxi service, ferrying inmates to restaurants, hotels and homes, and returning them to the prison for a fee
Daniel Selby Jr.'s apprehension comes a day after his father, 65-year-old Daniel Selby, was arrested for allegedly helping his son get away
The plan involved hiding in a bottomless wooden box in a big mound of sawdust from the prison’s woodshop that is hauled away periodically by a local farmer
Deputies were transporting Daniel Selby when they say he faked illness, got out of his leg shackles and ran off
Courts cannot routinely shackle defendants “like a bear on a chain” and must decide on a case-by-case basis whether the restraints are necessary to prevent violence or escape
The two inmates asked a CO for water then attacked
An inmate being transported from a different prison hijacked a van full of other prisoners and escaped
