16 Most Notorious Prison Breaks That Ever Happened

12. TJ Lane, 2014

John Dillinger Fake Gun
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Having killed 3 students and injured 3 more at Chardon High School in 2012, TJ Lane compounded police embarrassment at having missed his threats on social media by escaping along with two other inmates from Allen Correctional Institution. The school was shut immediately, but he was recaptured after just 5 hours.

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