Prisoner Uses Dentist's Pick to Escape
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HOPE, Ark. - A Hempstead County prisoner returning from a dentist's appointment Monday morning used a stolen dental pick to commandeer a jail transport vehicle and escape.
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A prisoner at large since October is found inside the lining of a sofa at his home in East Sussex.
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A convicted triple-murderer escaped from the Kentucky State Reformatory early Tuesday but was quickly caught, corrections officials said.
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Authorities searched across Georgia on Sunday for four inmates who escaped from a medium-security prison by cutting through a fence.
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Death row inmate John Spirko wanted a pardon or the chance to leave prison and prove his innocence. He got neither, though he did escape execution.
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Dutch guards overseeing prisoners on supervised parole may soon have a new tool at their disposal: a robotic knee brace that sends an electrical impulse cramping prisoners' leg muscles if they try to slip away.
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A 13-year-old boy, left bound and gagged in a remote patch of Florida countryside used a safety pin, a stick and his teeth to free himself from captivity, his family said Tuesday.
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A rapist is on the run after escaping from the same south-east London hospital for the second time.
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Police widen their call for help to find a prisoner who escaped ten days ago still wearing handcuffs.
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Two inmates housed in a smoke-free prison traded a hostage for cigarettes after a six-hour standoff.
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Dentists develop an alternative sedation procedure to potentially risky general anaesthetic.
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An escapee from Northern Ireland's Maze prison is arrested at a border patrol in the US, officials say.
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A landscaper charged with kidnapping the wife of his former boss escaped from a state psychiatric hospital early Monday by breaking through a window, officials said.
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A jazz musician finds inspiration and instruction from an unlikely source: prison.
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A Belgian inmate made a dramatic escape from jail for the fourth time on Sunday evening after his armed accomplices landed in the prison grounds in a hijacked helicopter, prosecutors said on Monday.
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A London dentist who planned to fight for the Afghan Taliban against British and U.S. forces was jailed on Tuesday for preparing to commit terrorist acts.
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A police manhunt is launched for a murderer who escaped from prison guards at a hospital.