prison break

'Terrified' family of woman killed by prison escapee under 24-hour security

The loved ones of Deborah Brandão fear for their safety as her killer and ex-boyfriend, Danelo Cavalcante, is still on the run more than a week after he broke out...

Ex-soldier terror suspect escapes London prison dressed as chef

The inmate has been accused of planting fake bombs and of violating Britain’s Official Secrets Act.

'Extremely dangerous' pint-sized killer who escaped Pa. prison is spotted just 1.5 miles away

"Lock your doors, lock your cars,'' warned Chester County DA Deb Ryan.

'Extremely dangerous' convicted murderer escapes Pa. prison one week after getting life sentence

Danelo Cavalcante, 34, broke free from the Chester County Prison, just outside Philadelphia, at about 8:50 a.m., the Chester County District Attorney said.

Spiderman-like prisoner who escaped by repelling down NYC hospital still at large — a week later

Yenchun Chen, 44, has managed to evade cops after using bed sheets to lower himself down Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Gramercy Park on the afternoon of Aug. 9.

Cold-case murder suspect arrested after escaping custody in Montana

Chadwick Shane Mobley, 42, was taken into custody around 6:10 p.m. Monday in Plains.

Prison escapee may have killed dog, stolen clothes from upstate NY home before escaping into woods

Michael Burham, a suspected killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail last week, may be wearing a stolen blue hoodie stolen from an upstate New York home -- and could...

Suspected killer escapes from prison after doing pullups inside gym, using bed sheets as a rope

Michael C. Burham, 34, was last seen in the gym at Warren County Prison around 11:20 p.m. on Thursday.

Texas inmate escapes from prison by climbing fence -- but captured hours later 250 miles away

Texas inmate Trent Thompson was arrested Sunday after spend 12 hours on the lam.

'Armed and dangerous' inmate accused of child molestation on run after Missouri prison break

Mario Che Tiul, 34, escaped from the Barry County Jail in Cassville on Thursday night.

Ohio inmate who escaped prison found dead floating in river: police

The body of Bradley Gillespie, the inmate who escaped from an Ohio prison nearly five days ago, was found floating in the Ohio River on Sunday afternoon.

Convicted killer on the loose after prison escape, people urged to lock doors

Bradley Gillespie was last seen on surveillance footage at the Allen/Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima around 8:41 a.m. Monday.

‘Armed and dangerous’ inmate on the run in Kentucky: authorities

Kyle Aaron Skaggs has been missing since he walked out of a home incarceration program on Monday.

Killer and rapist who faked prison death caught with celebrity doctor girlfriend year after escape

The 35-year-old “the Facebook rapist” and Dr. Nandipha Magudumana were caught in Tanzania last Friday and returned to South Africa under heavy police guard Thursday.

Convicted 'Facebook rapist' faked own death, escapes from prison: police

Thabo Bester was sentenced to life in prison plus 75 years in 2012.

Wild video shows mob boss escape from prison using bedsheet

Mafia boss Marco Raduano, 40, made the daring escape amid short staffing at the maximum security prison.

Convict in sheep's clothing: Inmate tries to escape prison dressed as farm animal

A Bolivian inmate serving 15 years for homicide attempted to escape by wrapping himself in sheepskin and crawling through the grassland surrounding the maximum security prison.

Manhunt underway after 5 inmates, including 3 sex offenders, escape from Missouri prison

Four male inmates and one transgender woman -- three of them known sex offenders -- are being sought by the US Marshals Service after escaping through the plumbing system at...

Fears mount that escaped Mexican prisoners will slip into US after cartel's deadly jailbreak

Escaped cartel enforcer Ernest Alfredo Piñon de La Cruz was killed in a standoff with Mexican police Thursday — but security experts the 29 other escaped inmates from the deadly...

Cartel boss escaped prison during deadly riot near US-Mexico border

The Mexican government also revealed it discovered 10 "VIP cells" in Sunday's prison break, as well as cell phones, cash and drugs inside the rooms of prominent inmates.