Greatest Prison Escapes

Fugitive Ron McIntosh hijacks a helicopter to rescue his inmate lover, Samantha Dorinda Lopez, and break her out of a Federal prison in Dublin, CA. The two have previously struck up a romance while serving time together.

Seven criminals break out of a supermax prison in Texas with deadly consequences. After overpowering guards and civilian contractors, they don their uniforms and drive their vehicle past the gate guards to freedom.

Eight dangerous inmates form an unlikely alliance to escape a temporary detention center before being transferred to a maximum-security prison, exploiting poor security and even worse prison upkeep.

After being wrongfully convicted, Alfred "Houdini" Hinds breaks out of prison three times while trying to clear his name. His exploits earn him legendary fame and forever change the British legal system.

Six inmates pull off an ill-advised Christmas Eve escape by smashing through a wall behind a rusted toilet in Cocke County, Tennessee.

A female con artist manipulates another woman to break their significant others out of Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility in Crowley County, CO with a hijacked helicopter. They then proceed to lead the police on a high-speed chase and shootout.

Rédoine Faïd is infamous for his two audacious prison escapes and his bombastic, charismatic personality. However, public opinion turns against him when a female police officer is slain after a bank robbery.

Correctional officer Kay Beeman feigns being a hostage to facilitate an escape from Allegany County Jail in Cumberland, MD for her inmate boyfriend, Edgar Eugene Kerns. Their recapture takes months.

After becoming smitten with convicted murderer John Manard during a dog training program, trainer Toby Dorr uses a dog crate to smuggle her new love out of Lansing Correctional Facility in Leavenworth County, KS.

Hans-Joachim Horn breaks into a German army base, steals a tank and smashes through three sets of gates at Schwalmstadt Prison to break out his friend and mentor, Lothar Luft. In their armored vehicle, they elude police and escape into a forest.