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Escape at Maui Community Correctional Center, Hawaii

ByperilousApril 14, 2019

April 14, 2019: Two pretrial detainees kicked open a "termite-eaten" door while guards slept and escaped the prison. One of the prisoners, Barret “BJ” Paman, turned himself in to law enforcement later that day, stating that he escaped because the conditions at the prison

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Mass Escape at Nash County Detention Center, North Carolina

ByperilousMarch 25, 2019

March 25, 2019: Five inmates identified a camera blind spot and escaped through a hole in the fence on Monday night.

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Two Escape from Gallia County Jail, Ohio

ByperilousAugust 31, 2018

August 31, 2018: Two women escaped from Gallia County Jail after breaching the security system.

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Escape at Troup County Jail, Georgia

ByperilousAugust 17, 2018

August 17, 2018: Two inmates escaped from Troup County Jail after climbing down a drainpipe.

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Escape at Gateway to Independence Juvenile Center, Tennessee

ByperilousApril 9, 2018

April 9, 2018: Two teachers were injured after an altercation at Gateway to Independence, formerly known as Woodland Hills Youth Detention Center. The altercation led to one juvenile escaping the facility.

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Attack on Guards at Youth Correctional Center, North Dakota

ByperilousJanuary 28, 2018

January 28, 2018: Four teenage detainees attacked guards and destroyed property in an alleged attempt to escape the facility.

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Mass Escape from Boyd County Detention Center, Kentucky

ByperilousDecember 28, 2017

December 28, 2017: Four prisoners escaped the detention center in the 10th escape from the facility since July, 2017 . Catlettsburg Police Chief Cameron Logan told WSAZ the prisoners changed their clothes before escaping and "followed the air conditioning duct to the roof

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Uprising at Pasquotank Correctional Institution, North Carolina

ByperilousOctober 12, 2017

October 12, 2017: Prisoners set fire to the "specialty sewing plant" of the prison and attempt to escape. Four prison employees are killed and several others injured.

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Four Prisoners Escape Boyd County Detention Center, Kentucky

ByperilousJuly 30, 2017

July 30, 2017: Four prisoners escaped the detention center by exploiting a flaw in the building's design. The last of the four prisoners was captured a month later.