jail break
25 Sep
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), FCT Command, has begun a joint interagency simulation training to secure all custodial centres in the territory.
10 Aug
More than 800 inmates have escaped from a prison in eastern DR Congo after gunmen staged a jailbreak in which two policemen were killed, sources said Wednesday. Armed men "attacked Kakwangura central prison in the town of Mutembo" overnight Tuesday, Captain Antony Mualushayi, the military spokesman in the Beni region, said. "The initial toll, which…
29 Mar 2020
Iranian security forces are searching for 54 escaped inmates following a prison break over which four guards were arrested, Iran's state news agency...
16 Aug 2019
Mr Emmanuel Okoro, the Controller of the Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service, on Thursday, refuted reports by a section of the media that claimed there was a jailbreak at the Keffi Old Prison.
16 Sep 2018
Myanmar police are hunting dozens of escaped inmates who hijacked a delivery truck and smashed through the gates of their jail in a daring prison break on Sunday, officials said. The escape occurred on Sunday morning as prisoners seized a truck that had entered Hpa-An prison in eastern Karen state. "They attacked a prison officer,…
4 Jun 2018
The Niger Command of the Nigeria Prisons Service has confirmed the death of its officer and a motorcyclist in the Sunday jail break at the Minna Medium Security Prison. The command’s Spokesman, DSP Rabiu Shuaibu, made the confirmation in a statement on Monday. “On Sunday, June 3, 2018, at 8:00p.m., there was a jailbreak at…
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