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Missing Delaware inmate found

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:10:05 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - Correction officials say an inmate who failed to return to a community corrections center in Dover has been found.

NC inmate who disappeared from work release caught

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:41:27 -0400

LINCOLNTON, North Carolina - Authorities say a Lincoln Correctional Center inmate who disappeared from a work release program has been recaptured.

4 inmates bolt in 3 days in eastern Ky.

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:46 -0400

HAZARD, Kentucky - Eastern Kentucky authorities are plagued with a series of jail inmate escapes this week.

2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:40:39 -0400

CAIRO - 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 inmates while police were tied down with the massive popular protests that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power.

Naked man arrested, escapes from patrol car in ND

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:55:11 -0400

LINDGERWOOD, North Dakota - A Linderwood man has been arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after walking around naked and then breaking out a patrol car window and escaping after an officer arrested him.

Garland County inmate briefly escapes custody

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:11:04 -0400

HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas - Authorities in Garland County quickly recaptured an inmate who escaped custody while attending his arraignment.

Inmate escapes from Beckley Correctional Center

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:40:46 -0400

BECKLEY, West Virginia - Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Beckley Correctional Center.

Officer late to work spots escaped inmate

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:40:06 -0400

VANCOUVER, Washington - Sometimes tardy is timely.

Miss. probationer caught in central Florida

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:53 -0400

OCALA, Florida - Florida Highway Patrol officials have arrested a probation violator from Mississippi. They also arrested the woman they say helped him flee.

Marksville escapee captured

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:59:04 -0400

MARSKVILLE, Louisiana - A 21-year-old inmate who escaped Friday from a work detail in Marksville has been captured.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 05:58:12 -0400

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Escaped prisoner apprehended in Denver

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:57:06 -0400

DENVER - A convict who walked away from a minimum security facility a month age has been apprehended in Denver.

Escaped Alabama inmate recaptured

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:38:30 -0400

GADSDEN, Alabama - Authorities in eastern Alabama say a man who escaped the Etowah County Detention Center has been recaptured.

Escaped Ky. prison inmate caught in Kingsport

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:17:25 -0400

KINGSPORT, Tennessee - An inmate who escaped from a Kentucky prison more than two years ago has been caught in Kingsport, Tennessee

Federal inmate facing escape charge in Illinois

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:56:09 -0400

BENTON, Illinois - A convicted Iowa bank robber serving a roughly six-year sentence at a federal prison camp in southern Illinois is accused of trying to escape.

Authorities searching for inmate accused of escape

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:52:24 -0400

GADSDEN, Alabama - Sheriff's officials in Etowah County are searching for an inmate after they say he escaped from the county detention center.

Ky. fugitive fought before arrest in Wyoming

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:14:26 -0400

LARAMIE, Wyoming - One of Kentucky's most wanted fugitives ran and fought with officers before being arrested in Wyoming.

Authorities searching for prisoner in Pontotoc Co.

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:31:46 -0400

PONTOTOC, Mississippi - Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask says a manhunt is underway for a 32-year-old prisoner who left a work detail that was picking up trash.

Convicted rapist who fled courthouse captured

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:14:47 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - A former Army Ranger who fled from Fayette County Circuit Court last summer just before being convicted of rape and sodomy has been caught in Wyoming.

Neb. man gets jail for hiding son from prison

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:24:16 -0400

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Nebraska - A Nebraska man has been given jail time for allowing his son to stay at his home after escaping from a minimum-security prison in South Dakota.

Kansas prosecutor weighs charges in escape

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:36:27 -0400

EDGERTON, MO. - The Leavenworth County attorney is weighing whether to file charges after three inmates escaped from a prison in the Kansas county.

2 inmates charged in Mo. with attempted kidnapping

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:55:20 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - 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 attempting to kidnap the mayor of the small town where they were eventually captured after less than a day on the run.

Judge to consider retrial in prison guard's death

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:17:32 -0400

BRYAN, Texas - A judge will consider arguments next month on whether a Texas prison inmate can be retried for the death of a corrections officer.

SD man pleads not guilty to escaping jail

Fri, 10 May 2013 05:19:18 -0400

FORT THOMPSON, South Dakota - A Fort Thompson man has pleaded not guilty to escaping from jail.

Police catch 2 escapees from Enumclaw jail

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:46:06 -0400

ENUMCLAW, Washington - Two inmates from the city jail in Enumclaw are back in custody after escaping overnight and forcing two teens to trade clothes.