A French prisoner just redefined the art of escape by slipping out in a laundry bag belonging to his cellmate, who was being released after finishing his sentence.
A 20-year-old inmate, serving multiple sentences and under investigation for links to organized crime at the notorious Lyon-Corbas prison near Lyon in France, pulled off the most unthinkable prison break.
As his cellmate was released, the inmate crawled inside the laundry bag meant to carry that very inmate’s belongings out of the prison. The armed guards failed to notice the bag as it rolled out on a trolley, resulting in a successful escape.
The head of France’s prison administration, Sébastien Cauwel, did not mince words, calling it ‘a whole series of serious failures’ and an ‘accumulation of errors’ that allowed this laundry escapade.
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He admitted these operational lapses are unprecedented and immediately launched an internal inquiry—because, frankly, someone has to take the fall for letting a criminal hide in a bag and stroll out.
This jailbreak is not an isolated case in France. Just last year, armed men ambushed a prison convoy in Normandy to rescue a detainee nicknamed ‘The Fly.’ The incident ended tragically with two guards dead and others injured, reminding us that when the system breaks, chaos follows.
Fortunately, the laundry bag fugitive was recaptured three days later in Sathonay-Camp, a city on the outskirts of Lyon, with no shots fired or injuries. Yet, his accomplice—the cellmate who unwittingly carted him out—remains at large, raising questions about complicity.
