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.
Eight loved ones of correctional officers Jason Acton and Leon Egley attended the execution
Casey White was sentenced to life for his guilty plea to escape charges, related to his 11 days on the run with CO Vicky White
Michael Tisius, 42, died by lethal injection at 6:10 p.m. for killing two COs during a botched jail escape
Lorenzo Pollard, 31, made the weapon from a bedsheet and and a chair, and used them to battle his way out of the medium security city Workhouse
Man was caught hours later trying to break into his own apartment
Benewah County authorities did not notify state prison officials of Jesse John Wilkenson’s escape in July for several days
Authorities say all three men walked away from the Gordon Correctional Center on Saturday
Jacob Foster was working with a group of inmates on a Nashville interstate when he started running from correctional officers
Officials at the maximum security Korydallos prison said the three inmates, who shared a cell, allegedly cut through the wall and dug the tunnel using mostly makeshift tools
Tamik Kirkland escaped from the minimum-security section of MCI-Shirley, where he was serving a sentence for firearms and drug charges.
Altered stunt first accomplished 25 years ago
William Asher was sentenced to seven years to life in prison for robbing a San Francisco bar during which a bartender was shot and beaten to death
Randall Joe Wayne Myers was serving as a trusty in the kitchen of the Detention Center, working off his misdemeanor $200 fine
Man tried to run out of the courtroom, earning him a 175-day sentence
Man was convicted on charges of escape while confined and deadly weapon inside a penal institution, but was acquitted of a single count of attempted aggravated assault on a public servant
Prisoner is accused of injuring two officers with a self-made weapon during an escape attempt
Man was allegedly in the courthouse holding area when he snuck away from deputies and fled
Two corrections officer have been put on leave for not locking a gate
Frederick Barrett was convicted of murder in the 1971 death of Carl Ardolino, according to the Florida Department of Corrections
The government of Tamaulipas state says five officers abandoned their posts during the fight
Ottawa County law enforcement officers are looking for a Quapaw man who slipped out of his handcuffs and ran from custody on Friday
Man escaped while serving a sentence for second-degree murder
Correctional experts made a simple suggestion for improving safety: Eliminate meal breaks for corrections officers
The U.S. Marshals Service is involved in the search
The effort to break out of Clallam Bay Corrections Center was carefully planned by the two high-profile inmates
Inmate is charged with strangling 28-year-old Melvin Abreu on June 9 and throwing his body out a window
Inmate was found hiding in tall weeds that surrounded a pond that investigators said was on his grandmother’s property
Police said the four should be considered armed and dangerous