{
  "id": "2025-03-02-longwood-university-ica-detainee-escape",
  "slug": "longwood-university-ica-detainee-escape-2025-03-02",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Longwood University",
    "shortName": "Longwood",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "Longwood Alerts / alerts.longwood.edu",
    "enrollment": 5000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-03-02",
    "endDate": "2025-03-04",
    "type": "police-activity",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Four escaped detainees prompt extra patrols then three in custody",
    "headlinePublic": "Four escaped detainees prompt extra patrols then three in custody",
    "summary": "Longwood [told the campus that four detainees had escaped the Farmville ICA facility and that LUPD would increase patrols](https://alerts.longwood.edu/ica-detainees/), then [posted that three were in custody and the fourth was believed no longer in the area](https://alerts.longwood.edu/update-ice-escapees/).",
    "outcome": "Three of four escapees in custody by March 4. Police believed the fourth had left the Farmville area. Campus safety described as unthreatened."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-03-02T22:03:29-05:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Campus community, \n \nThis evening area law enforcement was made aware that four detainees at the ICA detention center in Farmville had escaped this afternoon. A multi-agency response team is considering the detainees low-risk, and has indicated they were detained for nonviolent offenses. They are all wearing bright yellow clothing. At this time there is no indication that campus safety is at risk, but out of an abundance of caution LUPD will increase patrols of campus. If you see anyone matching the description of the detainees, please call 911.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/ica-detainees/",
      "sourceDescription": "Longwood Alerts archive: ICA detainee escape",
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        "Distinct incident from 2025-02-19-longwood-university-mid-february-storm-closures: different type."
      ],
      "characterCount": 551
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    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-03-04T11:58:05-05:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Campus community,\n\nThe university has been informed that three of the escaped detainees from Farmville’s ICA facility are now in custody. The fourth remains at large, but police believe they are no longer in the Farmville area and campus safety remains unthreatened.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/update-ice-escapees/",
      "sourceDescription": "Longwood Alerts archive: ICA escapee update",
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  "context": "Longwood posted both products to [alerts.longwood.edu](https://alerts.longwood.edu/). Area law enforcement reported four nonviolent ICA detainees escaped in Farmville; LUPD increased campus patrols and asked anyone who saw them to call 911.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "LUPD increased patrols while stating campus safety was not indicated at risk.",
    "A March 4 update said three were in custody and the fourth was believed gone from the area."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Longwood Alerts: ICA detainee escape",
      "url": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/ica-detainees/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
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    },
    {
      "title": "Longwood Alerts: ICA escapee update",
      "url": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/update-ice-escapees/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523; TLS certificate expired"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-masters",
    "virginia",
    "longwood",
    "police-activity",
    "2025"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-24",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-24",
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}