From digging tunnels, to handmaking keys, to losing weight to fit through slight gaps - these are most notable prison escapes in history. 9News
Most people who escape prison make their break for it while out on a work detail or on leave during an authorised furlough.But a small number of prison escapees have attempted and mastered significant feats - digging tunnels, donning disguises and sliding through flaws in the designs of their cells.Click through for a look at some of the most notable jail breakouts in history.
Another inmate, Allen West, didn't make it out in time and was left behind, later giving evidence to the FBI about the escape. Attribution:On the night of their escape, it's understood the group climbed up pipes and out a ventilator grill atop the prison roof. Killick jumped on board the helicopter, which the pilot managed to fly away from the jail, despite prison officers firing at it.Dudko served seven years in jail for her role in the daring escape.Conman Frank Abagnale Jr, who inspired the film 'Catch Me If you Can', managed to escape jailed in his greatest con ever after being sentenced to 12 years in prison in 1971.
He then came up with the idea to have his friend Jean pose as an undercover journalist doing an article on prisons.
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