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Escape of the prisoners from the Limoeiro, at Lisbon, 29 April 1847, during the Patuleia civil war Escape from prison in Greenville, Ohio, USA (1909). A prison escape (referred as a bust out, breakout, jailbreak, jail escape, or prison break) is the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways.
The notorious outlaw Billy the Kid managed to escape from prison in 1881, but was captured and shot by Pat Garrett only a few months later. Italian brigand Giuseppe Musolino escaped from prison in 1899, subsequently going on a killing spree targeted against those who testified against him at his first trial. He was recaptured in 1901.
The 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape was a jailbreak that took place on June 6, 2015, when two inmates, Richard Matt and David Sweat, were discovered missing during a 5:17 a.m. bed check at the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, United States.
High-profile prison escapes like Danelo Cavalcante's have captured national attention and raised community concerns for safety.
"Jailbreak: Love on the Run" revolves around Casey White, an inmate who escaped prison in 2022. He broke out of Lauderdale County Jail with the help of corrections officer, Vicky White.
The first attempt to escape the prison was made on April 27, 1936, by Joseph Bowers (Prisoner AZ210), who was assigned the duty of burning trash at the incinerator. He was working burning garbage at the island's incinerator during duty hours when he suddenly ran and began scaling a chain link fence at the edge of the island in an apparent attempt to make for the shore.
On this day, July 22, 1992, President Cesar Gaviria of Colombia said that Pablo Escobar, one of the world's most powerful drug traffickers, had escaped from the resort-like prison where he had ...
The jail escape of John Nigh took place on January 26, 2025, when Nigh, who was awaiting trial for attempted murder charges, escaped the Craven County Jail in New Bern, North Carolina, United States. Nigh was assisted in his escape by two cellmates, who removed a ceiling grating in the cell and stuffed Nigh's mattress, to make it appear to ...