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Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Eight Detainees Escape from Louisiana Jail, Captured in 24 Hours by In yet another recent jail escape in Louisiana, eight detainees fled from the River Bend Detention Center in East Carroll Parish, a rural area that borders Arkansas and Mississippi. The detainees ranged in age from 19 to 31, and …
“Devil in the Ozarks” Gets 13 More Years for Escape by Grant Hardin, a former police chief who was convicted of rape and murder, received an additional 13-year sentence after pleading guilty to charges related to a prison escape in May 2025. Hardin had planned his escape for six months, …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Two Detainees Captured After Escape from Southwest Georgia Jail by On February 8, 2026, two detainees facing charges including murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery escaped from the Sumter County Jail. Detainees Rickey Martin, 20, and Kentravious Holmes, 21, reportedly fled through a faulty maintenance door on the jail’s ceiling …
Escape from Georgia Jail Ends in Florida after Lyft Hijacking by Jo Ellen Nott   by Jo Ellen Knott   In escape from Georgia’s DeKalb County Jail concluded in Florida on December 23, 2025, following a multi-state manhunt, according to The Guardian. Stevenson Charles, 24, Yusuf Minor, 31, and Naod …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Oklahoma Prisoner Who Escaped Through Hole Killed by Sheriff by Joshua Butler—a prisoner serving a life sentence who escaped from the Okfuskee County Jail in Okemah, Oklahoma—was shot and killed by state troopers during a traffic stop on December 31, 2025. Butler had escaped on December 20, but none of …
Article • January 1, 2026 • from PLN January, 2026
Slender Man Stabber’s Escape Prompts “Serious Questions” for Wisconsin DOC by National Public Radio reported that Morgan Geyser, 23, one of the notorious “Slender Man” stabbers, was apprehended near Chicago on November 23, 2025, after escaping her Wisconsin group home. Geyser had cut off her GPS ankle monitor and was …
Louisiana Detainee Captured After Two Previous Escapes by Cecil Michael Stratton, 46, a detainee held at the Berwick Police Department Jail, was apprehended on November 15, 2025, after escaping from the facility earlier that week.  Around the time he was initially booked, Stratton fought with guards as the jailers were …
The Last Escaped Detainee from the New Orleans Jail Was Arrested in an Atlanta Crawlspace by Derrick Groves, the last of the 10 detainees who escaped from a New Orleans, Louisiana jail in May of this year, was captured five months later, on October 15. Groves, 28, was found hiding …
News in Brief by Alabama: On Sunday, June 15, 2025, state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Airika Dorsey was arrested for allegedly smuggling food to a prisoner at St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to WABM in Birmingham. The DOC confirmed that Dorsey was caught in the act and subsequently booked …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Bold New Orleans Escape Calls Attention to Poor Jail Conditions by At around 12:30 a.m. on May 16, 2025, 10 detainees escaped from a New Orleans, Louisiana jail through a small rectangular hole in a cell wall. Images showed a metal toilet and sink torn from the wall; etched above …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Arkansas Ex-Police Chief Known as “Devil in the Ozarks” Re-Captured After Prison Escape by A former Arkansas police chief who was convicted of rape and murder was recaptured on June 6, 2025, two weeks after escaping prison. The state Department of Corrections said Grant Hardin escaped dressed as a prison …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: Escapes
Four Escapes in Eight Months from Oklahoma Jail by After slipping away from Oklahoma’s Caddo County courthouse January 22, 2025, detainee Levi Yeahpau spent a day on the run until he was recaptured. His uncle, Daron Highwalker, said that the detainee “basically [] walked out both front doors, and he …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Filed under: Escapes
Two Mississippi Prisoners Escape in One Month by The Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC) confirmed that prisoner Drew Johnson, 33, was back in custody on December 25, 2024, a day after escaping from South Mississippi Correctional Institution. It was the second DOC prisoner escape of the month; Gregory Trigg, 45, …
Charges Dismissed Against Connecticut Guards Who Assaulted Prisoner by Misdemeanor assault charges were tentatively dismissed in November 2024 against three Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) guards accused of assaulting Garner Correctional Institution prisoner Elijah Hamlin, 26, in a 2023 incident captured on leaked cellphone video. Danbury Superior Court Judge Charles …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Filed under: Escapes
Two Who Escaped from Arkansas Jail Recaptured by Two detainees were back in custody a week after breaking out of W.C. “Dub” Brassell Adult Detention Center in Arkansas’ Jefferson County on January 22, 2024. Noah Roush, 22, and Jatonia Bryant, 23, cut a hole in the ceiling of a shower, …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: Escapes, Murder by Escapees
Dramatic Prisoner Escape in France Leaves Two Guards Dead by A massive manhunt was underway in France on May 14, 2024, after a prison van was ambushed at a highway toll booth by four armed accomplices of prisoner Mohamed Amra, 30. He escaped in the ensuing shootout, which also killed …
$700,000 Jury Verdict for Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Due Process in Disciplinary Hearing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On November 27, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied state prison officials’ motion for new trial. That left standing a jury verdict finding that …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: Escapes
Escaped Idaho Prisoner Recaptured, Three Accomplices Charged by A two-day manhunt ended on March 21, 2024, with the capture of escaped Idaho prisoner Skylar Meade, 31. Three alleged accomplices have also been arrested, including fellow Aryan Knights gang member Nicholas Umphenour, 28, who was held before his January 2024 release …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
Pennsylvania Detainee Found Four Months After Jail Escape, Five Guards Fired by Almost four months after escaping Blair County Prison, jail detainee Isaiah Tilghman, 33, was arrested on March 22, 2024, while headed into a Planet Fitness gym near Philadelphia, over 200 miles from the western Pennsylvania lockup he fled …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Escape from Oregon State Hospital Results in Changes to Detainee Transports by Facing charges including attempted murder, assault and robbery, Christopher Lee Pray, 39, was being evaluated for fitness to stand trial on August 30, 2023, when he commandeered an Oregon State Hospital (OSH) transport van returning him from a …
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