A list of the number of escaped prisoners still at large by state

The Associated Press asked all 50 states for a current total of escapees from secure, locked state prisons where they were held full-time, not including those who walked off from work release or other unfenced settings. Some states supplied data for all time, while others included only recent decades.

The number of escaped prisoners still at large by state:

(asterisk) Officials were unable to provide a breakdown of people who escaped from secure prisons vs. less secure settings.

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