9 h. ago Probe launched after French inmate escaped jail by 'hiding in the luggage of fellow prisoner' as they left

Police are investigating after the man got out of the Lyon-Corbas prison in south-east France on Friday.

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11 h. ago Inmate escapes from French prison by hiding in bag of released cellmate

Prison service reportedly launches investigation into incident as director admits to ‘accumulation of errors’

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30 h. ago Insiders reveal the horrifying fate of 'Alligator Alcatraz' inmates who tried to escape... and the hell inside

The first migrants detained at the Florida facility say they have no access to running water and are being held in freezing cold tents as they battle 'elephant-sized' mosquitos.

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3 d. ago Arkansas prison employees fired after 'Devil in the Ozarks' escape

Two Arkansas prison employees have been fired after an inmate known as the "Devil in the Ozarks" escaped in May

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4 d. ago Convicted murderer Derrick Groves eludes law enforcement as last New Orleans jail escapee on the run

Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail almost two months ago, and authorities have captured all but the man with the most violent rap sheet

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5 d. ago Inside Kondengui prison: ground zero of Cameroon’s war on dissent

Thousands have been detained and tortured in the Yaoundé jail as Paul Biya, 92, seeks to keep his grip on powerIn the visitors’ area in the courtyard of Kondengui maximum security prison, French-dubbed Nollywood films play on a TV as inmates and their guests hug each other and laugh. The green, red and yellow flag of Cameroon flutters above.The happy picture in this corner of Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, belies the prison’s dark status as ground zero of Paul Biya’s five-decade crackdown on dissent in the central African country. Thousands of people have been detained and tortured here as Biya, who turned 92 this year, seeks to keep Cameroon under his grip. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Inmate fatally shoots North Carolina officer before being caught in stolen vehicle, sheriff says

Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen vehicle before being captured in another county

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2 w. ago New Orleans jail escapee Antoine Massey is captured but police say one more inmate still on the run

Antoine Massey was arrested after a six-week pursuit, while convicted murderer Derrick Groves is still at large

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3 w. ago California man escaped from prison 30 years ago and vanished. Cops just found him living a normal life 150 miles away

Ronald Keith Harvey escaped from FCI Dublin in 1994 while serving time for running a large-scale illegal marijuana operation

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