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.
Officials vow to “aggressively continue” the search for the escaped murderer and are confident the fugitive will be captured
Personnel, aircraft from the Border Patrol are joining the manhunt on Friday for the escapee who “crab walked his way up a wall” to escape
Manhunt for Danelo Cavalcante continues into its second week and a tower officer has been put on leave as part of the escape investigation
Arlie James Gilbert, 20, escaped from the Warren County Courthouse
If convicted, Eric Jerome James faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000
Santos Carrera-Morales was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for a double-slaying in 2007
Authorities caught one of the escapees
Authorities said they have a 99 percent rate of recapturing escaped inmates
Officials realized Eric Rivera and Victor Beltran were missing about 4 p.m
Police say the convicted car thief got into a pickup truck at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday after leaving his job at the West Warwick Senior Center
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a former correctional officer at the Tennessee Prison for Women, 23-year-old Justin Heflin
The inmate, Jeremiah C. Searles, was captured with a woman thought to be his girlfriend
Inmate escaped on Monday night by scaling a fence topped with razor wire
The prison’s director and three other officials have been fired and are under investigation for purportedly helping in the escape
Sretko Kalinic and Zeljko Milovanovic broke down their cell doors, attacked a CO and jumped out of the window into the yard,
Dylan Dougherty, 26, wrote a note to his sister telling her he was going to break her out of jail
The sheriff said an internal affairs investigation has been launched to determine exactly where the breakdown occurred and who was responsible for allowing the 19-year-old to walk out of the jail
Jamal Allen might have traded a few hours of freedom for significant prison time
Dangerous prisoner charged with murder has escaped with the help of three masked men
Tracy Province and Casslyn Welch faced murder charges and could have faced the death penalty
Inmate led police on a brief car chase before fleeing on foot Saturday evening
Sheriff does not know how Shannon Carl Mcdowell left the jail
It was the country’s first prison break in more than two decades
Sheriff Joe Fincher said Jose Luis Trevino Jr., 20, was being transferred from his cell to a workout area about 9:30 a.m. when he ran out of the jail
Officials say Thomas Kelley fled in the prison fire truck and abandoned the vehicle
Authorities are seeking 51-year-old Thomas Kelley, a convicted car thief who was jailed at Donovan state prison in November for a parole violation
CO was doing routine check on inmates when “one of the inmates had pushed her into a cell”
Four years ago, Otis Blunt and another prisoner executed a daring jailbreak that evoked the movie “The Shawshank Redemption”
Edward Salas escaped from the Curry County Detention Center in Clovis, N.M.
Third inmate still on the run