The state prison system received $1.1 million from Operation Lone Star to purchase machines so inmates can make concertina razor wire and barbed wire.

A 23-year-old Mexican national who admitted to acting as a river guide in a fatal smuggling attempt has been sentenced to 30 ...

From there, he pushed through razor wire, ran across the roof, and scaled a fence lined with razor wire, Holland said. Watch the video of the inmate 'crab-walking' up the prison wall to escape.

Murderer Danelo Cavalcante was able to escape a prison yard in Chester County last week by climbing up a wall and over razor wire, officials said at a news conference Wednesday.

Danelo Cavalcante, a 34-year-old Brazilian man who fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend, escaped from the Chester County Prison last Thursday, sparking a massive manhunt and stressing communities in ...

He then scaled another fence and pushed through more razor wire, Holland said. At 9:45 a.m., officers noted a missing inmate, launching the prison into a special count that confirmed Cavalcante ...

Murderer Danelo Cavalcante was able to escape a prison yard in suburban Pennsylvania last week by climbing up a wall and over razor wire, officials said at a news conference Wednesday. Steven M ...

Pennsylvania prison officials say a murderer made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof.

The manhunt continued Wednesday for murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison last week by thwarting newly installed razor wire put in place after another inmate briefly ...

Pennsylvania prison officials say a murderer made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof.