Photos: Notable prison escapes

Law officials have been searching for days for David Sweat and Richard Matt, escapees from the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Sweat, 34, serving a life term without parole, and Matt, 48, serving 25 years to life, cut through a steel wall, broke through bricks and crawled through a steam pipe before emerging through a manhole outside the prison grounds. Here are some recent newsworthy attempted escapes.