Jailbreak in Libya, 54 detainees escape

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 21:58

A Libyan security official says that over 54 detainees have escaped from a prison in the capital Tripoli due to a security failure.

Morsi trial for Egypt jailbreak set for Jan 28

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 01:25

Egypt`s Mohamed Morsi will go on trial on January 28 with 130 others over a jailbreak during the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, judicial sources said on Thursday.

Mursi to face trial over jail break case on January 28

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 18:55

Egypt`s former Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, will face trial on January 28 over a mass jail break in 2011, one of three cases against him since he was ousted by the army in July, judicial sources said.

Jail-break case: 4 inmates sentenced to 2-yr imprisonment in Haryana

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 19:46

A local court on Wednesday sentenced four inmates of Ambala jail to two-year imprisonment for digging a tunnel inside their barrack.

Fifty-five inmates bust out of Ecuador jail

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 07:33

Fifty-five inmates escaped from an overcrowded jail in Ecuador but 20 were swiftly recaptured, authorities said.

HC seeks reply from UP Police, IB on threat to three Judges

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 00:29

Allahabad High Court sought report from UP Police and IB on threat to 3 judges who decided Ayodhya case and suggested additional CRPF security in wake of SIMI activists escaping from Khandwa jail.

Odisha ready to face possible Maoist jail break attempt

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 18:22

With prominent Maoist leaders like Girish Mahato and explosive expert James among many hardcore ultras housed in different prisons of Odisha, the state government on Thursday claimed to have made elaborate arrangement to face possible offensive by the Maoist including jail breaks.

Prisoner killed in Myanmar jailbreak

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 12:08

One prisoner was killed and seven were injured in a jailbreak attempt in Myanmar, state media reported Sunday.

Pak jailbreak: Prisoners given 15 days time to return

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 21:50

The government in Pakistan`s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday warned prisoners who escaped during a recent jailbreak that they would face terrorism charges if they did not surrender within 15 days.

Look-out notice to nab serial rapist, searches stepped up in Bangalore

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 22:42

Police have issued a look-out notice as it stepped up searches to nab serial rapist Jaishankar, who escaped from the high-security central prison in a dare-devil act.

Bangalore: Daring jailbreak leaves cops red-faced

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 11:42

Jaishankar, a 36-year-old undertrial facing more than two dozen criminal charges including rape and murder, gave the officials and guards at the high security Parappana Agrahara Central prison the slip in the wee hours

Jail chief quits after 13 escape Argentine prison

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 12:21

Argentina replaced prisons chief and offered reward worth USD 89,000 for help capturing 11 dangerous inmates who tunneled their way out of a maximum-security prison in a Buenos Aires` suburb.