Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 13:56
Security forces have retaken control of an overcrowded prison in western Indonesia following a night-long riot, and have captured most of the estimated 30 convicts who escaped, authorities said on Monday.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 16:42
Four Pakistani policemen were arrested today for alleged negligence during last month`s daring attack by the Taliban on a high-security jail that led to the escape of nearly 250 inmates, including 35 hard-core militants.
Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 20:29
Police say 30 Muslim Rohingya asylum seekers from Myanmar who were detained in southern Thailand for illegally entering the country escaped from a police jail cell.
Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 17:24
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said terrorists succeeded in breaking the Dera Ismail Khan jail, despite one division of the Army was present in the city.
Last Updated: Monday, July 29, 2013, 11:42
As many as 349 inmates, escaped last week from Baghdad`s major prison during assault by Islamic militants, were recaptured, said chief security officer of Baghdad.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 28, 2013, 09:25
In a major jailbreak, nearly 1,200 convicts, most of them facing serious charges, escaped from a prison near Libyan city of Benghazi Saturday, a security official said.
Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 17:35
Militants attacked two Iraqi prisons including the notorious Abu Ghraib in a bid to free inmates, sparking all-night clashes in which at least 41 people were killed, officials said on Monday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 20:43
Malaysia went on high alert after four Indonesian terrorists escaped from a prison in Indonesia’s Medan city during a riot last week.
Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 19:13
An Egyptian court asked the Interpol to arrest Hamas and Hezbollah militants who stormed a prison in 2011 and freed 34 Islamist leaders, including President Mohammed Mursi.
Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 16:25
An Egyptian court says Muslim Brotherhood members conspired with Hamas, Hezbollah and local militants to storm a prison in 2011 and free 34 Brotherhood leaders, including President Mohammed Morsi.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 16:37
A man was awarded life imprisonment by a local court in connection with the jailbreak at Nawada 12 years ago in which a guard was killed and eight inmates fled.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 09:29
Authorities in Southern Mexico are searching for nine inmates who were broken out of a prison by an armed gang in a violent jailbreak that killed two guards.
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