Several notable recent prison escape cases involve men who have escaped and either been recaptured or remain at large:
- In New Orleans in May 2025, a major jailbreak saw 10 inmates escape from the main jail. Authorities have captured several escapees, including Jermaine Donald and Leo Tate in Texas, and Lenton Vanburen in Baton Rouge, but at least two remain at large, including Antoine Massey. The inmates escaped by removing a toilet to create a hole in the cell wall, then climbed over barbed wire fencing.
- In Pennsylvania in August-September 2023, Danelo Cavalcante, convicted of murder, escaped by crab-walking up a prison yard wall and climbing over razor wire. He eluded capture for about two weeks before being arrested. He faced multiple new charges related to crimes committed while on the run.
- Other escapes include an inmate who disguised himself as a prison employee to escape in Arkansas in May 2025 and a man who simply walked away from a work detail unnoticed in Oklahoma City in May 2025. Both were later apprehended.
- Historical escapee Richard Lee McNair is famous for multiple escapes using ingenious methods such as slipping out of handcuffs with lip balm, crawling through vents, and hiding in a pallet of mailbags to fool authorities.
- In France in July 2025, a 20-year-old prisoner escaped by hiding inside the luggage of a fellow cellmate.
If you have a specific escaped prisoner in mind or want details on one of these cases, please specify. Otherwise, these are some recent and notable examples of men who escaped prison.
