List of prison escapes
People who escaped multiple times
People who escaped multiple times
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| Name | \# | Date | Prison name | Country | Details |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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 4

 1969, 17 August |
 Prison de Percé |
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| 1972, 21 August | [Saint\-Vincent\-de\-Paul](/wiki/Saint-Vincent-de-Paul%2C_Quebec "Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec") |  |
| 1973, 6 June | Palais de Justice Compiègne |  |
| 1978, 8 May | [La Santé](/wiki/La_Sant%C3%A9_Prison "La Santé Prison") |  |
|François Besse

 7

 1971, 9 May |
 Prison de Gradignan |
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| 1975, 20 October | Prison de Fresnes |  |
| 1978, 8 May | [La Santé](/wiki/La_Sant%C3%A9_Prison "La Santé Prison") |  |
| 1979, 26 July | [Palais de Justice, Brussels](/wiki/Palais_de_Justice%2C_Brussels "Palais de Justice, Brussels") |  |
|

 2

 2013, 13 April |
 Maison d'arrêt de Lille\-Sequedin |
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 Most wanted criminal in France in 2013\. Nicknamed by some as the "King of Kalashnikovs". 

| 2018, 1 July | Prison of Réau, France |  |
|[Clark Olofsson](/wiki/Clark_Olofsson "Clark Olofsson")

 6

 1965, August |
 Juvenile detention center, Sweden |
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 Olofsson's escapes and robberies led to the psychological description of [Stockholm Syndrome](/wiki/Stockholm_Syndrome "Stockholm Syndrome") |
| 1966 (Late) | Tidaholm Prison, Sweden |  |
| 1969, 4 February | [Kumla Prison](/wiki/Kumla_Prison "Kumla Prison"), Sweden |  |
| 1973, 23–28 August | Norrköping Prison, Sweden |  |
| 1975, 20 March | Norrköping Prison, Sweden |  |
| 1976, July | Norrköping Prison, Sweden |  |
|

 2

 2006, 4 June |
 Korydallos Prison, Greece |
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 Two accomplices of Palaiokostas hijacked a sight\-seeing helicopter and forced the pilot to fly to the prison where Palaiokostas was being held. Two years later Palaiokostas was captured and sent back to prison. |
| 2009, 2 February | Korydallos Prison, Greece |  | Palaiokostas once again escaped from prison by helicopter. |
|Brian Bo Larsen

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 2005 |
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 In 2005, he succeeded to escape by hiding in a container, with the complicity of workers from the waste collection services. |
| 2014 | [Vridsløselille prison](/wiki/Vridsl%C3%B8selille_prison "Vridsløselille prison") |  | On 13 December 2014 he escaped for the 2nd time through the window by rope, after having sawed the bars. |
| Nachman Farkash

 5 |
 1960s – 1970s |
 [Ayalon (Ramla) Prison](/wiki/Ayalon_Prison "Ayalon Prison") (1960s) |
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| [George Feigley](/wiki/George_Feigley "George Feigley") | 2 | 1970s | [SCI\- Rockview](/wiki/State_Correctional_Institution_%E2%80%93_Rockview "State Correctional Institution – Rockview"), 1976 [Taylor County](/wiki/Taylor_County%2C_West_Virginia "Taylor County, West Virginia") Jail, 1978 |  | In 1976, sex cult leader and convicted rapist [George Feigley](/wiki/George_Feigley "George Feigley") escaped from [SCI\- Rockview](/wiki/State_Correctional_Institution_%E2%80%93_Rockview "State Correctional Institution – Rockview") in [Pennsylvania](/wiki/Pennsylvania "Pennsylvania"). In 1978 was recaptured in [West Virginia](/wiki/West_Virginia "West Virginia"), but soon escaped from the [Taylor County](/wiki/Taylor_County%2C_West_Virginia "Taylor County, West Virginia") Jail in [Grafton](/wiki/Grafton%2C_West_Virginia "Grafton, West Virginia"). He was recaptured several months later and imprisoned at [SCI – Graterford](/wiki/State_Correctional_Institution_%E2%80%93_Graterford "State Correctional Institution – Graterford"). Plans for a [helicopter escape](/wiki/List_of_helicopter_prison_escapes "List of helicopter prison escapes") from Graterford were unearthed in 1981\. In 1983 two of his followers were killed in an unsuccessful attempt to break him out of [Western Penitentiary](/wiki/State_Correctional_Institution_%E2%80%93_Pittsburgh "State Correctional Institution – Pittsburgh"), when they drowned in a storm sewer line. |
|

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 1861, August |
 [Toodyay lockup](/wiki/Newcastle_Gaol_Museum "Newcastle Gaol Museum") |
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| 1865, November |  |  |
| 1866, August |  |  |
| 1867, 7 March | [Fremantle Prison](/wiki/Fremantle_Prison "Fremantle Prison") |  |
|

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 1936 |
 Aomori Prison |
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 [Yoshie Shiratori](/wiki/Yoshie_Shiratori "Yoshie Shiratori") (1907–1979\), known as the "[Showa Era](/wiki/Showa_Era "Showa Era") escape artist". In 1983 a novel based on Shiratori's life, *Hagoku* (literally, *Prison Break*), was published by [Akira Yoshimura](/wiki/Akira_Yoshimura "Akira Yoshimura") and in 1985 the book was converted to a made\-for\-TV\-movie by [NHK](/wiki/NHK "NHK"), the Japan Broadcasting Corporation. |
| 1942 | Akita Prison |  |
| 1944 | [Abashiri Prison](/wiki/Abashiri_Prison "Abashiri Prison") |  |
| 1947 | Sapporo Prison |  |
|

 4

 1724, April |
 [St Giles's Roundhouse](/wiki/St_Giles%27s_Roundhouse "St Giles's Roundhouse") |
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Sheppard (1702–1724\) was a [robber](/wiki/Robbery "Robbery"), [burglar](/wiki/Burglary "Burglary") and [thief](/wiki/Theft "Theft") of early 18th\-century [London](/wiki/London "London"). He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times, making him a notorious public figure. He used knotted bed\-clothes to descend to ground level during his escapes. Ultimately, he was caught, convicted, and [hanged](/wiki/Hanging "Hanging") at [Tyburn](/wiki/Tyburn%2C_London "Tyburn, London"), ending his brief criminal career after less than two years.Linebaugh, Ch.1\. "The Common Discourse of the Whole Nation: Jack Sheppard and the Art of Escape", in *The London Hanged*, pp.7–42\.

| 1724, 25 May | [New Prison](/wiki/New_Prison "New Prison") |  |
| 1724, 31 August | [Newgate Prison](/wiki/Newgate_Prison "Newgate Prison") |  |
| 1724, 15 October | Newgate Prison (the "Castle") |  |
| (born 1957\)

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 1992, 13 May |
 Harris County jail |
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 He is a [U.S.](/wiki/United_States "United States") [con artist](/wiki/Con_artist "Con artist"). As of 2010, Russell, [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](/wiki/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice "Texas Department of Criminal Justice") \#00760259,"[RUSSELL, STEVEN L](http://offender.tdcj.state.tx.us/POSdb2/offenderDetail.action?sid=05138971) ." [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](/wiki/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice "Texas Department of Criminal Justice"). Retrieved on 10 December 2010\. TDCJ ID: 00760259, SID: 05138971Stein, Joshua David. "[Ewan McGregor: Filthy and Gorgeous](http://out.com/detail.asp?id=26508)." *[Out](/wiki/Out_%28magazine%29 "Out (magazine)")*. Friday 12 February 2010\. Retrieved on 10 December 2010\. "\[...] the two live lavishly until Russell gets caught and goes to prison for good (Escape, Case No. 9,856\-C). Russell – Inmate No. 00760259 – has a maximum sentence that would keep him imprisoned until July 12, 2140 – 47,595 days after the film opens." is in the [Polunsky Unit](/wiki/Polunsky_Unit "Polunsky Unit"), on 23\-hour lockup, only having one free hour a day to shower and exercise, to stop him from escaping.Day, Elizabeth. "[I love you Phillip Morris: a conman's story](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/06/steven-russell-elizabeth-day-jim-carrey)." *[The Observer](/wiki/The_Observer "The Observer")*. Sunday 6 September 2009\. Retrieved on 10 December 2010\. |
| 1996, 13 July | Harris County jail (2\) |  |
| 1996, 13 December | Maximum Security Estelle Unit in [Huntsville, Texas](/wiki/Huntsville%2C_Texas "Huntsville, Texas") |  |
| 1998, 13 March | Maximum Security Estelle Unit (2\) |  |
| (1917–1991\)

 3

 1955 |
 Nottingham Prison |
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 He was convicted for a jewelry robbery and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in 1953\. He escaped from Nottingham Prison after sneaking through the locked doors and over a 20\-foot prison wall. |
| 1956 | Law Courts in [London](/wiki/London "London") |  | After his arrest, he brought a lawsuit against authorities charging the prison commissioners with illegal arrest and used the incident to plan his next escape. He escaped but was captured at an airport five hours later. |
| 1957 | [Chelmsford Prison](/wiki/Chelmsford_Prison "Chelmsford Prison") |  | He escaped from Chelmsford Prison less than a year later. Two years later he was arrested after being stopped in an unregistered car. |
|Collen Chauke
(1970–2003\)

 3

 1993 |
 Johannesburg Prison |
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 He was convicted for car theft and sentenced for four years imprisonment. He escaped from prison after serving only one month of his sentence. |
| 1997 | Pretoria Prison |  | He was found guilty of robbing R12,6\-million from a depot of the SBV security company in Pretoria in October 1997\. He manage to escape from Pretoria prison with five others in December 1997\. |
| 1998 | Pretoria Prison |  | He escaped from prison and manage to evade the police for a year until he was recaptured in 1999 in [Nelspruit](/wiki/Nelspruit "Nelspruit"). |
| (born 1958\)

 3

 1988 |
 [Minot](/wiki/Minot%2C_North_Dakota "Minot, North Dakota") municipal police station |
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 He used [lip balm](/wiki/Lip_balm "Lip balm") to squeeze out of handcuffs. |
| 1992, October | [North Dakota State Penitentiary](/wiki/North_Dakota_State_Penitentiary "North Dakota State Penitentiary") |  | He escaped by crawling through a ventilation duct. |
| 2006, 5 April | [United States Penitentiary, Pollock](/wiki/United_States_Penitentiary%2C_Pollock "United States Penitentiary, Pollock") |  | He escaped by hiding in a pallet of used mailbags. McNair was captured in October 2007 in Canada and is now held at the [ADX Florence](/wiki/ADX_Florence "ADX Florence") [supermax](/wiki/Supermax "Supermax") facility in Colorado.Bayens, Stuart P. ["Deadmonton – Richard Lee McNair"](http://www.lastlinkontheleft.com/e1987mcnair.html) . *Last Link on the Left*. 15 May 2009\. Retrieved 22 September 2011\. |
| (1901–1980\)

 3

 1932, 11 December |
 [Sing Sing](/wiki/Sing_Sing "Sing Sing") |
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 He was an [American](/wiki/United_States_of_America "United States of America") named "The Actor" and "Slick Willie". In June 1931 he was sentenced to 30 years on charges of assault and robbery. He escaped on 11 December 1932, by scaling the prison wall on two 9\-foot sections of ladder that were joined. Sutton was apprehended on 5 February 1934 and was sentenced to serve 25–50 years in Eastern State Penitentiary, for a machine gun robbery of the Corn Exchange Bank. |
| 1945, 3 April | [Eastern State Penitentiary](/wiki/Eastern_State_Penitentiary "Eastern State Penitentiary") |  | He was one of 12 convicts who escaped the institution through a tunnel. He was recaptured the same day by Philadelphia police officers, his fifth escape attempt at this prison. Sentenced to life imprisonment as a fourth time offender, he was transferred to the Philadelphia County Prison. |
| 1947, 10 February | Philadelphia County Prison |  | He and other prisoners dressed as prison guards and escaped via ladders across the prison yard to the wall.[*Willie Sutton*](https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/willie-sutton) , FBI, accessdate 2 January 2014 |
|

 2

 2001, 12 October |
 [Luynes](/wiki/Luynes%2C_Bouches-du-Rh%C3%B4ne "Luynes, Bouches-du-Rhône") prison |
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 Payet (born 1963\) is a French criminal who gained notoriety for his daring prison escapes using helicopters. He was initially sentenced to a 30\-year jail term for a murder committed during the robbery of a security van in 1997\. He escaped two times with a helicopter. After his second escape he was captured on 21 September 2007\. [*Pascal Payet s'est évadé en hélicoptère de la maison d'arrêt de Grasse*](http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/societe/20070715.OBS6671/pascal_payet_sest_evade_en_helicopterede_la_maison_darr.html), [Nouvelobs.com](/wiki/Nouvelobs_interactif "Nouvelobs interactif"), 15/07/2007 [*Payet, auteur d'une évasion en hélicoptère, arrêté en Espagne*](http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites/2007-09-21/payet-auteur-d-une-evasion-en-helicoptere-arrete-en-espagne/1037/0/201885) , [Le Point](/wiki/Le_Point "Le Point"), 22/09/2007 |
| 2007, 14 July | Prison in [Grasse](/wiki/Grasse "Grasse") |  |
| (1903–1934\)

 2

 1933, 13 October |
 [Allen County Jail](/wiki/Allen_Correctional_Institution "Allen Correctional Institution") |
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 He was a notorious bank robber who operated throughout the Midwest during the [Great Depression](/wiki/Great_Depression "Great Depression"). He broke out of the Allen County Jail in [Lima, Ohio](/wiki/Lima%2C_Ohio "Lima, Ohio") by having his gang pose as officers and infiltrate the prison. Only a few months later, the gang was re\-captured when the hotel they were staying in caught fire. He was incarcerated while waiting to stand trial for the murder of a police officer in a bank robbery. |
| 1934, 3 March | [Lake County](/wiki/Lake_County%2C_Indiana "Lake County, Indiana") Jail |  | Officials boasted that the Lake County Jail in [Crown Point, Indiana](/wiki/Crown_Point%2C_Indiana "Crown Point, Indiana") was escape\-proof and posted extra guards, but he escaped using a fake gun. |
| (1967–2015\)

 2

 1986, 13 October |
 [Erie County Correction Facility](/wiki/Erie_County_Holding_Center "Erie County Holding Center") |
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 In 1986, at age 19, Matt was convicted and sentenced to a year in jail. The term was interrupted when Matt, taking advantage of a guard's mistake, slipped out of his cell, scaled a 9\-foot brick and metal wall topped with razor wire and hopped a freight train to his brother's house in Tonawanda. Five days later, police officers found him brandishing an ax handle in his brother's apartment. |
| 2015, 6 June | [Clinton Correctional Facility](/wiki/Clinton_Correctional_Facility "Clinton Correctional Facility") |  | On 6 June 2015, inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat, both serving sentences for murder, [escaped](/wiki/2015_Clinton_Correctional_Facility_escape "2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape") from the facility. A prison employee, Joyce Mitchell, was charged with aiding their escape. Matt was shot and killed by police on 26 June 2015\. |
|[Jiří Kajínek](/wiki/Kaj%C3%ADnek "Kajínek") (born 1961\)

 2

 1994, 3 July |
 [České Budějovice](/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9_Bud%C4%9Bjovice "České Budějovice") Remand Prison |
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| 2000, 29 October | [Mírov](/wiki/M%C3%ADrov "Mírov") Prison |  |  |
| (born 1954 or 1957\)

 2

 2001, 19 January |
 "Puente Grande" Federal Center for Social Rehabilitation No. 2 |
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 On 19 January 2001, Francisco "El Chito" Camberos Rivera, a prison guard, opened Guzmán's electronically operated cell door, and Guzmán got in a laundry cart that maintenance worker Javier Camberos rolled through several doors and eventually out the front door. He was then transported in the trunk of a car driven by Camberos out of the town. The escape allegedly cost Guzmán $2\.5 million. |
| 2015, 11 July | "Altiplano" [Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1](/wiki/Federal_Social_Readaptation_Center_No._1 "Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1") |  | In his second escape from the prison, he escaped through a tunnel leading from the shower area to a home construction site 1\.5 km (0\.9 mi) away in a Santa Juanita neighborhood. The tunnel was 1\.7 m (5\.7 ft) tall and 75 cm (30 in) in width. It was equipped with artificial light, air conditioning, and high\-quality construction materials. |
| (born 1948\)

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 British VC\-10 airliner (while deporting) |
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| 1971, April | [Federal Detention Center](/wiki/Federal_Detention_Center "Federal Detention Center"), Atlanta, Georgia |  |  |
| Philip Andrew Marshall | 6 | 2018, 19 February | [Bedford County Jail](/wiki/Bedford_County_Jail "Bedford County Jail"), Shelbyville, Tennessee |  | Escaped six times over the years. |
| (1954–1995\)

2

 1980, 23 July |
 [Gliwice](/wiki/Gliwice "Gliwice") Prison |
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 Najmrodzki was a famous robber and thief, known for escaping 29 times from the prison and the authorities. He was one of the most wanted criminals in the [Polish People's Republic](/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic "Polish People's Republic").Do Rzeczy Historia, no 8(66\)/2018, September 2018, pp. 40\-43\. |
| 1989, 3 September |
| [José Adolfo Macías Villamar](/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Adolfo_Mac%C3%ADas_Villamar "José Adolfo Macías Villamar") (born 1979\) | 2 | 2013, February | La Roca, maximum security prison in Guayas Penitentiary Complex |  | Macías was on the run with 17 others until being caught in May, 2013\. |
| 2024, 7 January | La Regional prison in the Guayas Penitentiary Complex |  | This prison escape initiated the [2024 conflict in Ecuador](/wiki/2024_conflict_in_Ecuador "2024 conflict in Ecuador"). |


What was the significance of Macías's escape in 2013?