Ron gets a very obedient no-prize for bringing us this story of the "smart" prisoner:

Stark County jailers let Ricky Lee Claycomb go on Tuesday after he was acquitted of a rape charge he had been brought to Ohio from Colorado to face. Jail officials apparently never saw the paperwork to return him to the prison.

I grew up near Cummins prison farm in Arkansas, and every few years we'd hear about trustee inmates left behind by the farm busses. Almost without fail, these short-time and/or older prisoners would remember the adage "you can't outrun a radio" and simply sit and wait for the gaurds to figure out the mistake.