Record-breaking prison dash

'FELONS' BREAK RECORD BY MAKING IT 87 MILES AWAY

- By ANNETTE BELCHER

OVER 130 'inmates' staged a 'mass breakout' from Dartmoor Prison as part of one of the UK's most unique events.

The Dartmoor Prison Break Ultra Challenge 2025, hosted by the Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team Plymouth, saw participants from across the UK and Channel Islands descend on Dartmoor Prison Museum ready to make their escape from the prison's iconic gates to see how far they could get, in either 6, 12, or 24 hours.

This major event is an endurance challenge where the entrants determine their own route from HMP Dartmoor, with the aim to achieve the furthest distance in a given time.

At midday the sound of sirens signalled the start of the “mass breakout”, with runners dubbed Absconders, Delinquents and Felons depending on their chosen time category - scatter across the moor.