25 h. ago Scot thrown in hell hole Caribbean jail 'for forcing ill wife to go to work'

Michael Breslin is being held on remand in Puerto Rico's notorious Bayamón Correctional Complex, which is plagued by gangs and drugs and has seen crooked prison guards and escapees.

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32 h. ago Craziest prison escapes – from motorbike rides to tunnels dug with miso soup bowls

We take a look at some of history’s most shocking prison escapes, including Yoshie Shiratori who dug out with a miso soup bowl, a motorbike-riding El Chapo and flying Frenchman, Pascal Payet

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3 d. ago Men who escaped New Orleans jail had hourslong head start before staff knew they were gone

Days after 10 men escaped from a New Orleans jail by crawling through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall, five have apprehended and five remain at large

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3 d. ago New Orleans jail maintenance worker arrested on allegations he helped 10 inmates escape

Investigators arrested Sterling Williams, who allegedly admitted he turned water off to toilet covering hole in wallA maintenance worker at New Orleans’s jail has been arrested on allegations that he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in the wall that 10 men who escaped from the facility early Friday used for their getaway.Investigators arrested 33-year-old jail maintenance worker Sterling Williams after he allegedly admitted to officials that one of the men “advised him to turn the water off in the cell” before the men slipped away through the hole in the wall at the Orleans Justice Center (OJC), the Louisiana attorney general’s office said in a statement. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago New Orleans prison break reward doubled after 10 inmates escaped in outrageous way

Inmates who escaped from a New Orleans prison have sparked a massive manhunt – the FBI have doubled the reward for information that leads to their recapture

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4 d. ago New Orleans prison escape: Reward doubled as massive manhunt for seven inmates enters third day

The manhunt for seven of the 10 escapees entered a third day on May 18 in Louisiana. Authorities are offering a huge rewards for information leading to the arrests of each escapee

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6 d. ago Critics blast hourslong gap before officials disclosed 10 inmates' escape from New Orleans jail

At least a dozen law enforcement agencies are searching for seven of the 10 men who broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall

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7 d. ago New Orleans police release shocking new footage showing moment 10 prisoners escape and sprint to freedom

New shocking CCTV footage has been released by New Orleans police showing the exact moment ten inmates managed to successfully break out of prison and sprint to freedom

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7 d. ago New Orleans prison escape: Second inmate captured by police as eight prisoners remain at large

Police in New Orleans have confirmed they have detained a second man in the hunt for ten men who escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center on Friday morning - eight men remain at large

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7 d. ago Eleven prisoners escape through hole in the wall and leave taunts to guards

The men - who include at least three convicted of murder and others guilty of attempted murder and have been described as 'armed and dangerous' - escaped from the Orleans Justice Center prison

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7 d. ago New Orleans prison escape as 10 'armed and dangerous' men at large

Eleven men escaped through a hole made in a wall at the jail, with one captured so far.

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7 d. ago Police warning as 11 prisoners including murderers escape US jail and leave taunts to guards

One of the escapees, 20 year old Kendall Myles, was apprehended in New Orleans today. The other 10 remain at large. Members of the public are being advised not to approach them.

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7 d. ago Panic as TEN violent criminals escape southern jail... and remain on the run

Ten violent inmates escaped a Louisiana prison, with one having been recaptured and nine still on the loose.

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7 d. ago Huge manhunt underway as 10 prisoners escape from Louisiana jail

One inmate has been captured since escape was discovered, according to state police

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7 d. ago New Orleans prison escape LIVE: 11 inmates dig to freedom leaving cheeky message

Members of the public are being urged to remain alert and not to approach a group of 11 'armed and dangerous' men who escaped from a prison in New Orleans - only one of them has been caught

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7 d. ago New Orleans prison break LIVE: Murderers among 11 armed men to escape via hole

Members of the public are being urged to remain alert and not to approach a group of 11 'armed and dangerous' men who escaped from a prison in New Orleans - only one of them has been caught

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7 d. ago Huge manhunt underway as 11 prisoners escape from Louisiana jail

Two have been captured since escape was discovered, according to sheriff’s office

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2 w. ago Jailhouse Romeo who had behind bars fling with prison nurse and phone sex with guard is locked up after 'escaping from hospital and spending a week on the run'

Harri Pullen, 27, had alleged romances with a prison officer and jail nurse during a four-year period.

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3 w. ago Rotherham grooming gang rapist who tried to escape justice by fleeing to Pakistan could be freed early after a bid to move to an open prison

Basharat Hussain was part of a grooming gang who were jailed in 2017 for the sexual abuse of girls in Rotherham, their list of victims included Sammy Woodhouse who gave evidence against the men.

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4 w. ago Escaped prisoner caught getting off bus on busy Edinburgh road

The prisoner was arrested getting off a Lothian Buses service in Edinburgh

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