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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. Normally, when this occurs ...
In the Libby Prison escape, during the American Civil War, over 109 Union POWs broke out of a building at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia on the night between 9 and 10 February 1864. Fifty-nine of the 109 prisoners successfully made it back to the Union lines; two were drowned in the nearby James River , and forty-eight were recaptured.
The escape was the subject of a television movie in 2017, New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell. Penelope Ann Miller starred as Joyce Mitchell, with Matt played by Myk Watford and Joe Anderson as Sweat. It was directed and written by Stephen Tolkin, and aired on the Lifetime Network. [50] [51]
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 ...
August 30, 1942 – Two Australian and two British soldiers were recaptured and executed after escaping from Changi Prison, Singapore, during the Selarang Barracks incident. October 30, 1942 – Fourteen Australians and five New Zealanders escaped from Camp 57 in Italy through a tunnel, but were all recaptured.
Several inmates were able to escape when a helicopter plucked them from the prison. The escape prompted the Puerto Rico House Government Committee to pass a regulation that allowed penal officials to fire on any helicopter aiding an escape attempt. [34] Plans for the escape have been attributed to drug dealer Papo Cachete, who died during 2019.
Pages in category "Prison escapes" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Prison escape-
Casey Cole White (born August 20, 1983) was serving a 75-year sentence at the time of the escape. In 2012, he was sentenced to three years in prison for beating his brother in the face and head with the handle of an axe-sledgehammer. In March 2016, he was sentenced to 75 years in prison for seven counts that included attempted murder and ...