Three inmates escape from Palen Creek Correctional Centre, Queensland

Prison break in Australia: Three incredibly dangerous inmates escape prison – including one with ‘outlaw’ tattooed on his body: ‘Do not approach’

  • Inmates escaped from Palen Creek Correctional Center
  • Queensland police on Sunday started looking for men
  • Anyone who sees the three men should call triple zero

Police have launched a manhunt for three men who escaped from a Queensland jail over the weekend.

The Palen Creek Correctional Centre, where the men escaped on Sunday, is located about 100 kilometers southwest of Brisbane.

Corrective Services agents have joined police in the hunt for Daniel Ian Badcock, 32; Osiah Pilton, 20; and Antonio David Mene, 28.

Corrective Services agents have joined police in the hunt for Daniel Ian Badcock, 32; Antonio David Mene, 28; and Osiah Pilton, 20 (pictured, left to right)

Badcock is serving a one-year sentence for possession and possession of weapons. He is described as being of average build, with a diamond tattoo on the left side of his face and the word ‘Opmerta’ tattooed over his right eye.

He has other tattoos including the word “Outlaw” on his left shin and knuckle dusters tattooed on his right hand.

Pilton is described as having black hair and black eyes with the word ‘Mum’ tattooed on his left arm above the wrist, and a diamond tattoo on his left leg.

Pilton served a year and nine months for a break and violation.

Mene was described by police as being a Torres Strait Islander, about 5’7″ tall with the outline of his last name tattooed on the inside of his right arm.

He served three years for traffic violations.

The police are calling on anyone who has seen the men not to approach them but to call triple zero.

The trio escaped from Palen Creek Correctional Center (pictured), about 100 kilometers southwest of Brisbane, on Sunday.  The police urge anyone who sees the prisoners not to approach the men, but to call triple zero

The trio escaped from Palen Creek Correctional Center (pictured), about 100 kilometers southwest of Brisbane, on Sunday. The police urge anyone who sees the prisoners not to approach the men, but to call triple zero