![]() ![]() “I hope they don’t kill me.”ĨNews recently sat down with four corrections officers - three were working in the prison the day of the escape and came face-to-face with the escapees. “Going through my mind at the time?” former correctional officer Prince Thomas recalled. The Brileys, along with fellow inmates Lem Tuggle, Earl Clanton, Derick Peterson and Willie Jones, broke out of Mecklenburg Correctional Center - a facility that was supposed to be escape-proof. The escape from Mecklenburg Correctional Center dominated the local and national news. Central Virginia was in a state of fear.įive years after their murder spree across Richmond that is believed to have left 11 people dead, brothers James and Linwood Briley would make headlines once again. Leading the crew of escapees were the infamous Briley brothers of Richmond.ĨNews sat down with several corrections officers who were taken hostage that day - to relive one of Virginia’s darkest moments. The fallout in Virginia, however, would last much longer. It would take nearly three weeks to capture all six of the escapees. (WRIC) - Six death row inmates on the run after escaping from prison: It happened 35 years ago in Central Virginia and remains one of the boldest and most elaborate escapes in U.S. ![]()
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