A 25-year-old Orleans Parish inmate who was on the lam for about 24 hours used a "metal object" to break the shackle chain attached to his ankle and then made his escape when the deputy on duty left ...

A Rockdale County detainee who managed to elude custody during a hospital visit in Atlanta last month was left without handcuffs after a procedure, a lapse officials said helped enable his escape.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Investigators say an inmate accused of shooting two deputies, killing one, in an Iowa jail escape ...