Prison escape

A former soldier who escaped from a London prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges was captured Saturday after being on the run for four days, police said.

Authorities found straps dangling from a truck that left a prison kitchen early Wednesday. The suspect, last seen wearing a chef's uniform, is an ex-soldier accused of planting fake bombs and spying.

Authorities in Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C. and London are searching for people who escaped from prison in recent days. Here's why these events are more common than you think — and what you can do.

Virginia police say two men used "primitive-made tools constructed from a toothbrush and metal object" to tunnel out of a cell wall on Monday. They were arrested 10 miles away the next morning.

After breaking out of a second South Carolina prison, Jimmy Causey was captured Friday morning near Austin, Texas. Authorities suspect he also used a cellphone to beat maximum-security measures.

Minimum-security inmate Steven Dishman was reported missing from his Little Rock job site in 1985. State police say someone he met five years after his escape tipped them off to his whereabouts.

Police spotted the tunnel Monday morning and believe the escapees remain nearby.

Joyce Mitchell, 51, provided tools such as hacksaws, drill bits and lighted eyeglasses to two convicted killers ahead of their June 6 prison break.

Joyce Mitchell, the Clinton Correctional Facility worker who was charged last month with aiding two convicted killers' escape, has reached a deal with prosecutors.