Inmates Attemp Prison Break by Disguising Themselves as Women During Visiting Hours

By Spooky on August 16th, 2024 Category: News

Two dangerous male criminals imprisoned at a correctional facility in Fortaleza, Brazil attempted a daring escape by disguising themselves as women and simply walking out during visiting hours.

Francisco Átila da Silva and Carlos Antônio da Silva Oliveira, suspected members of a criminal faction in Ceará with long criminal records including drug trafficking, robbery, and murder, were caught trying to escape the Itaitinga 3 prison in Fortaleza, Brazil while wearing rudimentary female disguises. The two men wore long black-hair wigs, pink skirts, and white t-shirts, and even had improvised breasts to fool the guards. They tried mingling with real women at the end of conjugal visiting hours to reduce the risk of getting noticed by the guards, but their sloppy getups were quickly spotted, and the two were detained before they set foot outside the prison.

Brazil’s Civil Police is currently investigating how the inmates obtained the female disguises, and whether they were aided in any way by other people. The act of promoting or facilitating the escape of a person who is imprisoned is a crime punishable by 6 months to 2 years behind bars.

The two inmates now face an internal disciplinary process for their failed prison escape and could see their current prison sentences extended considerably.

Believe it or not, such goofy prison escapes are not that uncommon. A Paraguayan man attempted something similar a couple of years ago but put a little bit more effort into it, and one Venezuelan man had his girlfriend drag him out of prison in a suitcase. And who could forget the Peruvian man who escaped prison by leaving his twin brother to do time in his place?