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.
Idaho DOC officers were preparing to transport the inmate from a Boise hospital back to prison when the inmate’s accomplice outside the hospital began shooting
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 West Baton Rouge Parish has had 22 escapes over the last three years
As critics pound corrections officers in light of news that some have helped inmates acquire drugs and even escape the walls
An underwear-clad man was captured several hours after slipping out of handcuffs
The inmate used a mop to jump a prison fence before being captured two hours later
The inmate bought a bottle of whiskey, two bottles of vodka, 15 packs of cigarettes, a lighter, rolling papers and three packs of gum
Since the escape, state officials have faced tough questions
The inmate escaped Tuesday evening with another inmate that has been taken into custody
The inmate was captured Wednesday after hiding at his girlfriend’s apartment
Authorities continue to search for the remaining escaped inmate
Authorities are still searching for inmate’s head
The inmates escaped Sunday night through a gap in a shower area
They pried loose a piece of metal in the shower area and slipped through a gap between a metal plate and a cinder block wall
A second escaped patient was apprehended Friday night after cross-state manhunt
Second inmate was arrested at a hotel after resisting police
Both patients spent five months loosening window bolts to escape
Both inmates escaped from a prison transport van on Monday
Both men were being treated for mental illnesses by court order
Authorities continue to search for escaped inmate
Walton County Sheriff’s officials say they were notified by a private company that transports prisoners
Both officers reported being on duty for 37 hours straight when escape occurred
Officers using search dogs were combing the area for 26-year-old Kevin Singleton
John Modie, an inmate serving time for the murder of a woman at his home, was captured in Nelsonville
Deandrea J. Farlow was last seen Sunday night in his assigned dorm
Virginia mental health officials issued a report last week detailing clerical errors
John Modie was reported missing from the Southeastern Correctional Complex in Nelsonville
Two daring inmates can be seen escaping from a Quebec detention center back in 2013
The inmate he was attempting to pick up had completed his state time
The incident escalated into a fight in which the CO and inmate ‘started swinging closed fist(s) at one another’
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