WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — When a group of New York prisoners sued last month to demand access to dental floss, officials said they had to consider “security issues.” As it turns out, jail — and jailbreak — ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Dental floss may prevent toothaches, but it has given jailers plenty of headaches. When a group of New York prisoners sued last month to ...

Jail inmates in Westchester County, N.Y., have sued the county for $500 million: They want to be issued dental floss. The county is reluctant, saying prisoners elsewhere have used floss as a weapon — ...

A prisoner who scaled an 18-foot jail fence with a rope made of dental floss remained at large Thursday. Robbery suspect Robert Shepard braided the floss to the thickness of a telephone cord to escape ...

Dental floss may prevent toothaches, but it is giving jailers plenty of headaches. When a group of New York prisoners led by Santiago Gomez sued last month to get access to dental floss, officials ...