Prison escape

A prison escape is the act of leaving prison illegally. The most common form of prison escape is breakout, which involves physically getting past the prison's security measures in secret. However, prison escapes can also be done via fraud or trickery to just walk out of jail.

Prison Escape Media

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  Escape of the prisoners from the Limoeiro, at Lisbon, 29 April 1847, during the Patuleia civil war

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  Escape from prison in Greenville, Ohio, USA (1909)

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  Prisons often have structural features such as barbed or razor wire, motion sensors, high walls and guard towers to prevent escape.

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  United States Marshals observing prisoner transport to prevent escape