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  1. prison break
    Guard Sentenced for Dannemora Prison BreakThe Clinton Correctional Facility guard pleaded guilty to a felony for providing tools to prisoners.
    By Charley Lanyon
  2. not so great escapes
    All Inmates Recaptured From California JailbreakThe remaining two escapees were apprehended in San Francisco on Saturday.
    By Chas Danner
  3. Prison Teacher Arrested for Assisting in California JailbreakShe allegedly provided the inmates with Google Maps.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  4. great escapes
    5 Arrests in C.A. Jailbreak, But Manhunt Goes OnAll of those taken into custody had gang connections, and the police say more arrests may be coming. 
    By Jen Kirby
  5. crimes and misdemeanors
    ‘Very Dangerous’ Inmates Still on the RunThe three criminals have been on the run since Friday. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  6. prison break
    Prison-Break Convict David Sweat Pleads Guilty He will be sentenced on February 3 — but he’s already in prison for life. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  7. prison break
    Escaped Emu No Longer Allowed to Wander Aimlessly Around Delaware“You weren’t allowed to go play in school because a giant emu was running around in your playground and it was being chased by police?”
    By Jaime Fuller
  8. prison break
    Second Guard Accused in N.Y. Prison Break PleadsHe delivered tool-filled hamburger meat. 
    By Jen Kirby
  9. prison break
    ‘El Chapo’ May Have Been Chilling Out in the Mountains, Report SaysIn other news, don’t be alarmed if you see El Chapo out and about in the next few weeks: He is a Halloween sensation. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  10. prison break
    Joyce Mitchell Sentenced to Up to 7 Years Behind BarsThe prison worker who helped the two inmates escape from an upstate prison wept during the sentencing hearing. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  11. prison break
    Mitchell Says Depression Affected Escape Plot“I just got in over my head.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  12. New York Prison Break Cost $23 Million in OvertimeFinding convicts David Sweat and Richard Matt cost the state at least $1 million a day, and the full amount spent is still unknown. 
    By Chas Danner
  13. prison break
    Inmate Says Guards Threatened to Waterboard Him After New York Prison Break“The officer jumps up and grabs me by my throat, lifts me out of the chair, slams my head into the pipe along the wall. Then he starts punching me in the face.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  14. prison break
    The Tale of a Thousand El Chapo Escape TheoriesWhat if it was a dream the whole time?
    By Jaime Fuller
  15. Escaped Inmate Suspected in Murder, Now CapturedRobert Crissman walked away from a jail in Pennsylvania on Thursday morning, and was captured a day later. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  16. prison break
    Joyce Mitchell ‘Was Caught Up in the Fantasy’ New details about Joyce Mitchell’s role in the upstate New York prison break.
    By Jaime Fuller
  17. prison break
    Mitchell Pleads Guilty to Prison Break ChargesShe could spend up to seven years in prison. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  18. prison break
    Escaped New York Prisoners Were Done In by BoozeIt’s what led them to break up.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  19. prison break
    The Shawshank-ness of the New York Prison BreakApparently prison escapees make the same jokes as the rest of us. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  20. oops
    Mexico’s Biggest Drug Lord Escapes From PrisonAfter breaking out via a mile-long tunnel, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is on the loose, again.
    By Chas Danner
  21. criminal justice
    Recaptured Convict David Sweat Is Back in PrisonHe’ll soon spend 23 hours a day in a maximum-security cell.
    By Chas Danner
  22. Everything We Know About the New York Prison BreakDavid Sweat was shot and captured on Sunday, and Richard Matt was fatally shot on Friday. The manhunt is now over.
    By Margaret Hartmann, Jaime Fuller, and Chas Danner
  23. prison break
    Escaped Convict David Sweat Has Been Shot and Captured by PoliceAfter more than three weeks, the manhunt is finally over.
    By Chas Danner and Margaret Hartmann
  24. prison break
    Escaped Convict Richard Matt Shot and KilledThere have been no confirmed sightings of the other fugitive, David Sweat.
    By Jaime Fuller and Chas Danner
  25. prison break
    Police Responding to a ‘Significant Sighting’ of Escaped ConvictsThe town of Friendship in southwestern New York is under lockdown as authorities converge to investigate a local woman’s sighting of two men who may in fact be the escaped murderers.
    By Chas Danner
  26. Vermont Joins Search for Escaped PrisonersLaw enforcement plans on retracing steps to see if they can catch a lead.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Jaime Fuller
  27. gallery
    The Prison in Dannemora Has a Bizarre, Fascinating History“I still think it’s one of the most astonishing institutions in the American prison world.”
    By Jen Kirby
  28. crimes and misdemeanors
    N.Y. Prison Break: Where Could the Two Escaped Killers Be Hiding?Experts say some popular theories — which include the nearby wilderness and Mexico — are far-fetched.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  29. taliban spring offensive
    Taliban Kick Off Their Spring Offensive With Explosions and a Prison Breakout In Kabul, attacked embassies; in Pakistan, nearly 400 inmates freed.
    By Andre Tartar
  30. prison break
    California Has to Set Some Prisoners FreeThe Supreme Court says overcrowding violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on “cruel and unusual punishment.”
    By Julie Gerstein
  31. al qaeda
    Baghdad Prison Uprising Leaves 17 DeadIn an incident started by a top Al Qaeda insurgent.
    By Julie Gerstein
  32. terrorble
    Taliban Dug a Tunnel to Help 500 Prisoners Escape From Afghanistan JailSecond major prison break here in three years.
    By Nitasha Tiku