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 arrest comes more than two weeks after the four inmates went through a broken window around 3 a.m. Oct. 16, according to Bibb Sheriff David Davis
Video footage showed a car that had been just outside the Bibb County jail hours before the escape and appeared to show someone tampering with the fence
Officers looking for four men who escaped last week found a murder suspect who had been missing for more than 7 months after supposedly being kidnapped
Convicted school shooter T.J. Lane was transferred to the state’s most secure prison: the Ohio State Penitentiary.
Severe staffing shortages, lack of supervision and exhaustion among staff likely contributed to the escape
The school shooter who briefly escaped from an Ohio prison last week had a pitchfork when he was captured
Inmate Demetri Little slipped under a garage door and ran
Both inmates are believed to be associated with the gang commonly known as the East Side Folk
Intense manhunt for two inmates who escaped the Oakwood prison began seconds after they scaled the first security fence, setting off an alarm
Union president claims officials were warned by COs that the escape was planned the day before, but only action taken was putting inmate in seg
Another who walked away from a job site may have been found as well
Further details on the escape or how the men were captured were not released
Authorities have apprehended the convicted killer of three Ohio high school students who escaped from prison
North Carolina officers were transporting 69-year-old Ronald Carnes from a county jail in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to a prison in Raleigh
Nineteen-year-old T.J. Lane escaped along with two other inmates from a prison in Lima
CO Henry Blackwelder’s report of events did not match the facts discovered by Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco and his investigative team
It has been two weeks since Ontario, Oregon, resident Nicholas Grove escaped from the Payette County Jail
Chinese authorities set up checkpoints and offered a reward of $48,000 for three inmates who killed a guard, donned police uniforms and escaped Tuesday in a rare jailbreakhe three prisoners have been recaptured
One said they heard from an officer claiming the department was too busy searching for the inmate to notify the town’s residents
Nicolas Grove escaped the morning of Aug. 26, and even though he is making status updates on a page linked to him, authorities say there’s no way to track his location
Nicholas Grove escaped the jail around 8:36 a.m., last spotted wearing a white T-shirt and black boxers
A woman originally held at the Bay County Jail due to unpaid fines now faces a felony charge for trying to escape from authorities
The inmates were able to tunnel out when corrections officers failed to check on their cell for two months
Adam Novodvorschi, 22, caught at bus station, faces several charges
Benjamin Ratto was discovered by Caldwell police to be hiding in Jacquline Llewelyn’s basement
A work furlough inmate missing since July 26 turned himself in Wednesday
Officers want local residents to contact the state Department of Corrections about what they call dangerous cuts at prisons
Ronald Carnes managed to remain free for 41 years
An inmate broke out of a Sonoma County jail over the weekend only to return a day later
Jeffery Scott Landers escaped while being transported from Wasco State Prison to Stockton
Taft Correctional Institution’s voice mail box was full so the woman could neither leave a message or talk to someone
Cody Allison, 23, and Paul Nance, 32, walked away from the minimum-security state prison
The 10-foot yard fence surround the property does not have barb wire