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# Prison Break

Last week
17th September 2023 - 23rd September 2023
# Prison Break
Former UK soldier Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to escaping from prison
He is accused of escaping from prison by allegedly strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery vehicle.
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This month
September 2023
# London
Hunt for terror suspect enters third day in UK after 21-year-old man escapes from prison
Former soldier Daniel Khalife went missing in his cook’s uniform from HMP Wandsworth in London on Wednesday.
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Sep 8th 2023, 6:57 AM
# Prison Break
Murderer on loose for seventh day after scaling wall and escaping from Philadelphia prison
Danelo Cavalcante was given a life sentence last month for killing his ex-girlfriend, Deborah Brandao, in front of her children in 2021.
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Sep 7th 2023, 10:30 AM
All time
# Prison Break
Nine inmates escape after gang rams vehicles into Mexican prison
Authorities said the pre-dawn attack resulted in gunshot wounds to two police officers.
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Dec 1st 2021, 10:30 PM
# Prison Break
Dutch police arrest four after foiled jailbreak
Pictures from the scene showed the partially burnt white van parked outside the prison gate.
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Jan 19th 2020, 5:00 PM
# gallia county
Four 'extremely dangerous' inmates overpower guards and escape jail in Ohio
Police believe the men may have had outside help that allowed them to escape.
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Sep 30th 2019, 9:10 AM
# Prison Break
Search launched after prisoner escapes from Dublin courthouse
The man escaped from the Cloverhill court in Clondalkin, west Dublin this morning.
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Nov 9th 2018, 7:52 PM
# Prison Break
PSNI appeal for John Clifford to hand himself in as they continue hunt for child killer
The 56-year-old remains at large after he did not return to prison on Sunday.
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Sep 5th 2018, 7:26 PM
# Prison Break
Seventeen prisoners shot dead following mass breakout in a Papua New Guinea prison
Jails in Papua New Guinea are often overcrowded and conditions are poor.
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May 15th 2017, 8:09 AM
# Prison Break
Detectives baffled as inmates cut through bars to escape California prison
The prisoners used a makeshift rope of bedding and clothing to rappel down from the second floor window.
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Nov 26th 2016, 7:30 PM
# wentworth miller
Lad Bible apologises to Prison Break star over meme about weight gain
Actor Wentworth Miller said on social media that the pictures were taken while he was suffering from depression.
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Mar 29th 2016, 12:52 PM
# big f--king deal
Actor Wentworth Miller has written an inspiring response to a fat-shaming meme about him
“I put on weight. Big f–king deal.”
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Mar 29th 2016, 10:50 AM
# Prison Break
Video shows inmates escaping from Canadian prison by helicopter
The men were arrested hours after their great escape.
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Mar 16th 2016, 2:40 PM
# Prison Break
Man who cut off businessman's penis among three to escape maximum-security prison
The men escaped during a disturbance in the prison.
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Jan 24th 2016, 1:31 PM
# Prison Break
Prison worker hid tools in hamburgers that helped convicted killers escape
Joyce Mitchell reached a deal with prosecutors.
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Sep 28th 2015, 7:55 PM
# in over her head
Prison worker helped inmates escape after getting "caught up in the fantasy"
Joyce Mitchell says she also had sexual relations with one of the men.
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Jul 29th 2015, 6:08 PM
# richard matt
One escaped killer 'shot dead by police' in New York
Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped from a maximum security prison three weeks ago.
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Jun 26th 2015, 11:56 PM
# Prison Break
The net may finally be closing on two convicted killers who escaped prison
New York State Police spokesman Beau Duffy said officers were investigating a possible sighting of the prisoners.
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Jun 21st 2015, 6:51 PM
# Prison Break
Prison officer suspended as escaped convicted killers spotted 300 miles away
Two men were seen walking near a rail yard in Erwin on June 13.
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Jun 20th 2015, 4:04 PM
# Prison Break
This violent robber escaped prison - by walking out the front door
Unsophisticated, but successful.
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May 30th 2015, 11:20 AM
# Prison Break
100 inmates escape high-security Ukrainian jail after shell attack
By this morning, some of them had returned to the facility but 40 of them are still missing.
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Aug 11th 2014, 1:49 PM
# Prison Break
64: The number of prisoners escaped since 1996 still at large
The Irish Prison Service is in charge of prisoners, but if they abscond gardaí are informed.
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Feb 10th 2014, 9:34 AM
# Prison Break
'Defiant' Morsi asks judge: "Do you know who I am?"
The ousted Egyptian president appeared before a court today over a prison escape during an uprising in 2011.
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Jan 28th 2014, 9:29 PM
# Prison Break
A wolf has escaped from a zoo in Essex
Uh oh.
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Nov 26th 2013, 4:01 PM
# Prison Break
Thieves in Italy broke IN to a prison to steal €5,000
The money had been left in a safe for prisoners by their families.
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Sep 19th 2013, 7:30 AM
# Equality
Here's the letter gay actor Wentworth Miller sent to a Russian film festival
The Prison Break star snubbed an invitation, saying he was “deeply troubled” by Russia’s treatment of gay men and women.
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Aug 22nd 2013, 9:46 AM
# Prison Break
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for freeing militants from Iraqi prisons
Over 40 people were killed in assaults on the jails that freed militants including top leaders.
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Jul 23rd 2013, 5:52 PM
# Prison Break
Brothers still missing from Roscommon prison
The two brothers, Vasilea and Toader Feier, left a note in their cell at Castlerea Prison.
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Jul 17th 2012, 9:57 AM
# Roscommon
Update: Two brothers escape from Roscommon prison
Authorities at Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon discovered that the two men, both in their 20s, were unaccounted for this morning.
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Jul 16th 2012, 1:05 PM
# Jail Break
Prisoner has been on the run since 1995
Joint Oireachtas Committee hears that there are 19 prisoners unlawfully at large – one for 17 years.
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Mar 29th 2012, 11:17 AM
# Prison Break
Detainees escape from Iraqi prison 'through small window'
Prisoners fashioned ropes out of blankets and escaped out of a small window, according to a police official.
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Mar 23rd 2012, 12:00 PM
# Prison Break
Two escape from garda custody in Limerick
The men were being transferred from the District Court to Limerick Prison.
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Feb 16th 2012, 1:05 PM
# Nice Try
Woman tries to smuggle husband out of prison... in a bag
Suspicions were raised when the woman left the facility with a bulky suitcase after a conjugal visit.
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Jul 5th 2011, 5:37 PM
# Prison Break
Search continues for over 480 Afghan prisoners who dug their way out of jail
Prisoners spent five months digging the tunnel and preparing for their escape – and just over four hours getting out through it.
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Apr 26th 2011, 11:30 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know: Irish toddler to undergo pioneering surgery; Afghan police search for over 450 escaped prisoners; and a ‘human canonball’ stuntman has been killed in Kent.
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Apr 26th 2011, 8:23 AM
# US Manhunt
'Bonnie and Clyde' copycat couple captured
Prison break fugitive and cousin-fiancée finally tracked down.
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Aug 20th 2010, 10:36 AM
# US Manhunt
Search for 'Bonnie and Clyde' copycats
Stepfather makes unconventional appeal to fugitive couple on the run after US prison break.
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Aug 10th 2010, 4:50 PM