On the Lam

<strong>Fascinating stories of the age-old tug-of-war between prisons desperate to keep inmates inside and the escapees pursuing freedom. </strong><br/><br/>A convict who returned to the prison he had recently escaped from to foment a mass breakout; a murderer on the run who veered from folk hero to <i>persona non grata</i> after killing a police dog; a fugitive from the United States who was recaptured in Canada after she was featured on <em>America’s Most Wanted</em> — these are just a few of the felons whose prison break adventures continue to enthrall and terrify.<br/><br/>Along with probing the origins, structure, and failings of a collection of historic and contemporary correctional institutions, <em>On the Lam</em> brings into sharp focus the attempts of masterminds, tricksters, villains, and innocents to claw their way to freedom — sometimes successful, sometimes abortive, often deadly.