https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Three prisoners who escaped from an island prison were recaptured as they attempted to sail to freedom, Italian police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171102/sicily-police-favignana-island-prison Thu, 02 Nov 2017 11:12:37 +0100 sicily-police-favignana-island-prison Two prisoners who were invited to meet Pope Francis for lunch on his recent visit to Bologna took advantage of the occasion to escape, local media reports said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171012/italian-prisoners-use-pope-visit-as-chance-to-escape Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:31:32 +0200 italian-prisoners-use-pope-visit-as-chance-to-escape Three prisoners, including one convicted of murder, took advantage of the chaos caused by Wednesday night's earthquake to break out of jail, according to local media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20161027/convicted-murderers-three-prisoners-escape-rome-earthquake-chaos-prison Thu, 27 Oct 2016 13:39:07 +0200 convicted-murderers-three-prisoners-escape-rome-earthquake-chaos-prison Italy launched a manhunt after two inmates, including a convicted murderer, escaped from Rome’s Rebibbia prison on Sunday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160215/murderer-escapes-italian-prison-using-knotted-bed-sheets Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:35:08 +0100 murderer-escapes-italian-prison-using-knotted-bed-sheets An Eritrean man who survived a perilous journey across the Mediterranean by boat to Italy has died after falling from a hospital window in a night-time escape bid, Italian media reported on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151219/migrant-dies-in-italy-hospital-escape-bid Sat, 19 Dec 2015 22:15:38 +0100 migrant-dies-in-italy-hospital-escape-bid A 92-year-old grandmother miraculously escaped without serious injury after falling down a 15-metre deep well near her home in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150929/92-year-old-italian-woman-survives-well-tumble Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:41:36 +0200 92-year-old-italian-woman-survives-well-tumble Prison director Salvatore Mazzeo has returned to his post in the Marassi jail in Genoa less than a month after serial killer Bartolomeo Gagliano escaped. https://www.thelocal.it/20140110/prison-boss-keeps-job-after-serial-killer-escaped Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:18:00 +0100 prison-boss-keeps-job-after-serial-killer-escaped