Four men conspire to break out of one of the most notorious prisons in American history. Three make it to the water's edge but what happened to them when they left the island remains a mystery to this day.
Stuck in prison on life sentences, two men used engineering smarts and psychological manipulation of several prison employees to escape Dannemora Prison. Richard Matt and David Sweat executed one of the most involved escapes from an American prison.
The most notorious and murderous drug cartel kingpins in modern history.
Six men, led by the mastermind, Nuno Pontes, escaped Pittsburgh State Penitentiary by tunneling to freedom under the prison wall. They made it as far as Texas before being caught and returned to prison.
The story of the escape of more than 70 men from Stalag Luft Three, a German prisoner of war camp; only three eventually survived.
HM Maze prison was a notorious lock up for IRA prisoners in Northern Ireland; a small ring of IRA prisoners secretly planned what they hoped would be a massive prison break.
Morgan Freeman
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