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 inmate was being transported back to the correctional center when he created a disturbance in the back of a cruiser; when the deputy checked on him, he pepper sprayed the deputy
The inmate was originally at the Rutherford Correctional Facility but was transferred to the Marion Correctional Institution to be a work release inmate, deputies said
Court records say Billy Partington misrepresented himself and never corrected corrections’ officers when his picture was compared to his brother during the release procedure
New York would not break new ground if it established an independent office to monitor the prison system
Colton Harris-Moore was sentenced to 6 years in federal prison for his theft of airplanes
The inmates are classified as ‘walkaways’ because the minimum security facility doesn’t have fences
The two were caught after visiting their grandmother in a nursing home
Killer pleaded guilty to killing 49 women over 20 years, but says the actual number of his victims is closer to 70
Fugitives broke through fence in jail’s recreation area Nov. 11
Authorities say a man tried to escape an Idaho jail but was stopped by razor wire and a corrections officer
David Sweat pleaded guilty to criminal charges for the breakout
Glenn MacNeill, acting district attorney in Franklin County, wrote in his report on the shootings that there was “a very real concern” that inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat could be armed
Investigators are trying to determine how four Harris County jail inmates reached a 7th floor restricted area before their escape attempt failed
The U.S. Marshal’s Service says 38-year-old Nicholas Grove was recently arrested in Tulum, Mexico, and on Friday was turned over to U.S. authorities
Authorities in eastern Georgia are searching for a murder suspect they say walked free after using an alias when he was recently arrested on an unrelated charge
Oscar Juarez, 66, was among Ohio’s most wanted fugitives and evaded being caught while on the run despite being arrested but let go twice
A man charged with killing a Georgia sheriff was back in custody hours after he slipped out of his leg shackles during a jail transfer
A prisoner charged with killing a sheriff over the summer escaped Tuesday as deputies were trying to transfer him to a different jail
30-year-old Nicholas Guido and 20-year-old Robert Maffei escaped Quehanna Boot Camp on Sunday
Clodoaldo Antonio Felipe used a mask and a long dress to pretend he was an elderly woman in order to walk right out from the Coronel Odenir Guimaraes Prison in central Brazil
The inmate was a cousin of the nurse’s stepchildren
Phillip Freeman escaped from jail and evaded a plane, drug-sniffing dogs and more than two dozen officers who hunted for him
The “positive identification device” was implemented after Jessica Stringer, 34, used her cellmate’s identity to leave the jail
A maximum security inmate fled the facility by using a variety of items he stored inside the facility in preparation for his escape
Two detectives and a sergeant from the New York Police Department’s Warrant Squad arrested Gerald Brooks, who fled them while handcuffed
His most recent escape strained relations with Washington, which had formally requested the drug kingpin’s extradition just weeks earlier
The series tells the story of three men who mysteriously vanished after escaping Alcatraz
Jessica M. Stringer stole the ID bracelet of another inmate who was set to be released
Justin Taulbee asked if someone had turned him in, and didn’t believe that authorities were able to track him via the Facebook video he had posted
An inmate who escaped from a correctional facility in Tarpon Springs was spotted at the Westfield Countryside Mall on Tuesday
Benjuiel Johnson waived extradition in a hearing Saturday
Benjuiel Johnson, 32, was arrested by the US Marshal Service just after midnight at a Motel 6
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