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.
Ramone Alston, who has not been seen since Aug. 13, is serving a life sentence for the murder of a 14-month-old girl in 2015
The man has been on the run since Aug. 13, after he removed his leg restraints during a prison-van ride to a hospital for a medical appointment
The juveniles from Long Creek Youth Development Center led police on a three-day manhunt; they stole at least three cars and crashed two during that time
Authorities said Damian Herrera has also assaulted a corrections officer at the Rio Arriba County Jail
Matthew Carver was recaptured after an overnight manhunt following a report about a suspicious man
A report says inmates were left unattended on the bus during stops, the inmate compartment door was not locked and restraints were not double locked
Officials said Jimmy Causey tricked COs by placing a homemade dummy in his bunk, a tactic that allowed him an 18-hour head start before anyone knew he was gone
Escaped parolee Hector Calo was arrested with a loaded firearm and drugs early Friday
The 63-year-old woman said Revantae Williams asked if he could hide in her backyard
Online records showed Jimmy Causey was being held Thursday in a lockdown unit at Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia
The concession comes more than a year after three inmates escaped from the jail by climbing behind walls to the roof and rappelling down using bed linens
Officials believe the inmate fled on July Fourth using wire cutters apparently carried via drone
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
