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The Leavenworth Times An inmates escape 15 years ago from the Lansing Correctional Facility will be the focus of a report Friday night on "Dateline" on the NBC network.  The episode "Breakout" will air at 9 p.m. Friday and focus on the 2006 escape of John Manard.  Manard, who was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder, escaped with the assistance of Toby Dorr, who volunteered at the state prison as the president of a dog training program that involved inmates.  Manard escaped by hi...

Kansas prison escape story to air on Dateline: A dog crate, romance and a manhunt Bill Lukitsch, The Kansas City Star Jun. 9—A Kansas prison escape that made international headlines after a convicted murderer quietly left Lansing Correctional Facility in a dog crate will be the subject of a segment on NBCs Dateline this Friday. Fifteen years ago, Toby Dorr — then known as Toby Young — helped inmate John Manard break out of jail after a romance blossomed between them while ...