Costs cited as Ala. decides to pull inmates from private prison where 2 escaped

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama will remove its 250 inmates from a privately run prison where two convicts escaped last month and were only recaptured after a shootout with police in North Dakota.

Shootout with Alabama escapees jolts tiny ND town; police told residents to lock their doors

GLADSTONE, N.D. — Residents in this tiny North Dakota town were jarred from their sleep with calls from authorities: Lock your doors.

2 Alabama escaped convicts caught in ND with suspected accomplices after standoff

A nearly 14-hour standoff on a ranch in North Dakota ended Saturday with the arrest of two men who escaped from a rural Alabama prison more than 1,200 miles away, a federal law enforcement official said.

2 Alabama prison escapees caught in N.D. with suspected accomplices after standoff

Authorities say two men who escaped a rural Alabama prison have been arrested with two suspected accomplices after a nearly 14-hour standoff more than 1,200 miles away in North Dakota.