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Tag: Escape/Escape Attempt

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Escape at Woodland Hills Youth Development Center, Tennessee

imageByperilousMay 7, 2014
Escape at Woodland Hills Youth Development Center, Tennessee
May 7, 2014: At approximately 4 a.m. six or seven juveniles broke out of their cells and escaped into the facility's outdoor courtyard where they ran around until staff convinced them to return to their cells.

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Mass Escape Attempt at George Motchan Detention Center, New York

imageByperilousMarch 11, 2014
Mass Escape Attempt at George Motchan Detention Center, New York
March 11, 2014: Four prisoners broke the toilets out of their solitary confinement cells and used them to smash holes in the walls of five cells. The prisoners climbed through the holes and then confronted a guard with bricks from the walls. The guard retreated and the

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Four Escape from Otero County Jail, Colorado

imageByperilousMarch 4, 2014
Four Escape from Otero County Jail, Colorado
March 4, 2014: Four inmates escaped from Otero County Jail after overpowering guards.

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Mass Escape at LaSalle Parish Correctional Facility, Louisiana

imageByperilousMarch 1, 2014
Mass Escape at LaSalle Parish Correctional Facility, Louisiana
March 1, 2014: Three prisoners at the LaSalle Parish Correctional Facility, a private prison owned and operated by the LaSalle Management Corporation, stole a truck and escaped from the prison early Saturday morning.

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Helicopter Escape at Saint-Jérôme Jail, Canada

imageByperilousMarch 17, 2013
March 17, 2013: Two people posing as tourists chartered a helicopter and then directed its pilot at gunpoint to fly them to break a prisoner out of jail. The prisoners were recaptured shortly after the escape about 30 miles north of the jail.

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Mass Escape at Logan Hall, New Jersey

imageByperilousOctober 29, 2012
Mass Escape at Logan Hall, New Jersey
October 29, 2012: When Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern seaboard, power failed at Logan Hall, a halfway house operated by the private corporation Community Education Centers, causing the locking mechanisms on the cells to fail. Dozens of male prisoners left their cells and

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