When it comes to American Civil War history, prison escapes often sound like unbelievable plots in bad books or even ...

Soon after the convicted murderer and rapist known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was recaptured after evading police for more than 10 days in the rocky terrain and dense vegetation of rural northwest ...

On July 1, 2018, something happened outside Paris that sounded less like real life and more like a movie scene. Armed men hijacked a helicopter, flew it directly into a prison courtyard, and extracted ...

Two employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped have been fired for policy violations, corrections officials said Thursday as they faced questions from ...

Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. went missing from the federal prison in Jesup in May. He was serving more than 11 years for stealing from the Hollywood film mogul Sidney Kimmel.

The employees unwittingly helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief, walk out of a prison in May, dressed in a fake law enforcement uniform, officials said. By Michael Levenson Two Arkansas prison ...

An inmate at the Chester County Prison was quickly apprehended after attempting to escape on Wednesday afternoon, the Chester County District Attorney's Office announced. Thomas Hackett, 35, of ...