Prison break

Wentworth Miller has announced he is retiring as Michael Scofield from "Prison Break" as he no longer wants to play straight roles, leading to an outpouring of support from his former co-stars.

Police and military called in after inmates attempted to escape from Ikoyi prison in Lagos

Peter Madsen fled the Herstedvester Prison brandishing a "pistol-like object" on Tuesday, but was apprehended a short time later.

Assailants identified as Ugandan ADF fighters attacked the Beni Kangbayi prison in North Kivu, allowing almost all the detainees to escape.

Footage taken from outside the prison complex in Edo, southern Nigeria, shows men clambering over the barbed prison fences as chaos breaks out on the streets below.

After escaping from Belgium's Turnhout Prison in December, former inmate Oualid Sekkaki taunted the facility's directors by sending them a postcard gloating about his successful getaway.

Two of the four teens who escaped—all aged between 15 and 17—are facing murder charges, and two more are accused of gun possession and auto theft.

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One man has been found, but two remain at large.

"He chose to solve a perceived problem in the absolute worst way," police said of the escapee.

The escapee boarded a flight allegedly carrying Iceland's prime minister.

Prison guards were among the casualties.

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Hocking College has shut down its campus in response to reports of the escaped convict.

Three men facing violent-crime charges in Orange County were gone 16 hours before authorities realized it.

This is the second time prison inmates have escaped in the area in less than a week.

Joyce Mitchell is accused of providing contraband to Richard Matt and David Sweat, who escaped in June.

Richard Matt and his accomplice, David Sweat, escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6.

Mitchell is a former prison worker who is accused of helping two convicted killers escape from a New York jail last month.

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped via a mile long tunnel and a rail-mounted motorbike.

Richard Matt and David Sweat "technically" escaped twice, District Attorney Andrew Wiley said.

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David Sweat, 35, is reportedly younger and more athletic man than his accomplice, Richard Matt.

Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6.

A 21-year veteran of the police force saw David Sweat while driving alone in his vehicle on Sunday.

Hundreds scour an area near the Canadian border a day after Richard Matt was killed.

A massive manhunt for the convicted murderers has been under way since they escaped on June 5.