
2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt
It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 ...

2 inmates charged in Mo. with attempted kidnapping
Two inmates who fled a Kansas prison face several charges in Missouri where they're accused of trying to ambush the officers pursuing them and of ...

Gadhafi's son appears in Libya court; case delayed
Wearing a sky-blue safari suit and a pair of sandals, the imprisoned son of slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi made his second court appearance this year ...

Brazen escape lands French bandit on Interpol list
Redoine Faid's escape from a French prison landed him on Interpol's most wanted list Monday, two days after he took four guards hostage and used ...

Escapee who allegedly got deputy's help sought
A search was underway Tuesday for a man accused of wearing a sheriff's deputy jacket to escape from Denver's jail, allegedly with a deputy's help.

Texas inmates back in jail after capture in barn
Two inmates in an East Texas jail took advantage of a guard distracted by other duties in his office when they pulled open part of a chain-link fence ...

2 flee Texas jail, 1 faces capital murder charge
Two inmates with long criminal histories — including one awaiting trial for capital murder — escaped an East Texas jail, dumped their black-and-white ...
Nearly 50 inmates escape Libyan prison, 1 killed
A Libyan security official says nearly 50 inmates have fled a prison in an oasis city in the country's southern desert, and authorities shot one dead ...

Greece: 2 hurt, 11 escape in prison shooting
At least 11 inmates escaped from a Greek prison Friday night after gunmen brazenly attacked the site with grenades and automatic weapons, kicking off ...

2 inmates recaptured after helicopter escape
Two inmates made a daring daylight escape from a prison northwest of Montreal in a hijacked helicopter, then led police in a car chase and exchanged ...

Prison escape artist doesn't get free this time
His first two prison escapes in Greece were spectacular and successful, aboard helicopters chartered by accomplices. But when Albanian inmate Alket ...
3 shoeless inmates found after escaping Mo. jail
Two murder suspects and a third inmate who escaped from a southeast Missouri jail were found hiding Tuesday in the cab of a truck at a salvage yard, ...
Greece helicopter prison escape attempt foiled
A helicopter swooped down on a prison courtyard Sunday as armed men on board fired on guards and lowered a rope to help a convicted killer make his ...

Texas police fatally shoot fugitive Fla. prisoner
The Florida prisoner who escaped in Texas after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses was fatally shot early Saturday after refusing to cooperate ...

Escaped prisoner described as 'a schizophrenic'
The Florida prisoner who stabbed a detective and escaped near Dallas while being transported to Nevada is "a schizophrenic" who vowed not to return ...
Correction: Prisoner Escape-Texas story
In a Feb. 12 story about the escape near Dallas of a prisoner being transferred from Florida to Nevada, The Associated Press erroneously reported that ...

Texas prison escapee caught after 16 years
A Texas prison escapee on the run for almost 16 years has been captured by authorities in Mexico and awaits extradition to the U.S. to finish serving ...
Iraqi inmates seize weapons, escape from prison
A dozen prisoners including al-Qaida-linked death row inmates escaped from a prison near Baghdad on Friday, the latest sign that Iraq still struggles ...

2nd recaptured bank robber appears in court
Shackled in chains and pushed in a wheelchair by U.S. marshals, a bank robber who was captured more than two weeks after fleeing a high-rise Chicago ...

Feds: 2nd inmate who escaped Chicago jail captured
Weeks after a pair of bank robbers made a daring escape from a downtown Chicago high-rise jail, police said Friday they captured the last of the two ...

Charges dropped in Chicago high-rise jail escape
A convicted bank robber no longer face charges for climbing out of a high-rise jail in downtown Chicago on a rope made of bed sheets and leading ...

Lawyer: Man likely back in Chicago jail he escaped
A convicted bank robber captured days after a daring escape from a high-rise jail in downtown Chicago will likely return to the same federal lockup, ...

Chicago jail escape resembles 1985 breakout
This week's daring escape from a downtown Chicago jail bore striking similarities to the last time anyone broke out of the high-rise facility, nearly ...