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It's Not Just Chapo: Embarrassing New Escape Highlights the Vulnerability of Mexican Jails
Two convicted kidnappers sawed through some metal bars, punched through a wall, changed their clothes, and then walked to freedom. According to government figures, 590 prisoners escaped from Mexican jails between 2010 and 2015.
Alan Hernandez
6.4.16
Drugs
What We Know About the 'Very Dangerous' Trio That Escaped from a Maximum-Security Jail
Three men who broke out of a jail in Orange County, California, over the weekend are allegedly implicated in everything from murder to chopping off a weed dispensary owner's penis.
Brian McManus
1.25.16
The True Crime Issue
The Hows and Whys of Prison Escapes
Famed crime writer Donald E. Westlake on history's most famous jailbreaks.
Donald E. Westlake
9.15.14