We recently published an article with terrible figures from the US prison system.This time we will talk about famous prison leaks, which have happened worldwide .
Prisons, be they indole, they exercise in the human spirit a strong desire for freedom, regardless of the risks.That is why, every year, thousands of inmates escape from world prisons, on foot or under ingenious and complex strategies, so dangerous as the prison itself.Remember the famous movie Dreams of freedom o Life imprisonment , by Stephen King, starring by Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman? That's it, we want to escape at the expense of our own lives, because anything would be better than staying in prison.
We tell you about 6 incredible prison leaks, although not all were 100% successful.
6 incredible and famous prison leaks
1.Torre de Londres, escape from John Gerard
The first protagonist of our list of prison escape celebres is a Jesuit priest of the 16th century.It was the time when in England the Catholic Church was persecuted by the state, represented in Queen Elizabeth I.He was imprisoned for evangelizing and carrying out his religious missions.Despite enduring intense torture and frequent interrogations and never confess, he was sentenced to death .He began to plan his escape, and was able to communicate with friends outside with notes written in invisible ink, made of orange juice.
There was an unsuccessful attempt, but then he was able to escape thanks to the fact that some accomplices left a boat in the Tower pit and, it is not known how, they sent him a rope.falling into the pit and almost dying, because his hands were undone by torture, he got into the boat and was smuggled out of England.He lived the rest of his days in Rome.
2.Carcel of the county of Lake, escape from John Dillinger
We are in Lima, Ohio, in an "escape-proof" jail, in 1934.The legendary bandit John Dillinger escaped several times in prison, but his most famous escape is this.He was arrested and sentenced for robbing banks, and was transferred to this prison guarded by National Guard troops and numerous police.
The story of this escape is already part of a l urban legend, in which Dillinger sculpted a gun in a soap bar and with it threatened the guards to get out of jail.He stole the Sheriff's car and escaped, but thanks to this robbery the FBI intervened and they were able to locate it.famous thief died in a shooting in 1934. Public enemies , starring Johnny Depp, tells the life of this bandit.
3.France, the escapes of Pascal Payet
This is one of the most incredible cases, because it is the same character and with the same modus operandi .As many European prisons have their Courtyards on the roofs, this Frenchman, sentenced to 30 years for murder in a thwarted robbery at the Luynes jail in France, in 2001 he escaped when an accomplice picked him up from the jail roof, so simple.Payet returned to jail two years later to help 3 prisoners escape but the four were recaptured.Sopressively, in 2007 he escaped again ar by helicopter (from Grasse prison, southeast of France), being raised from the roof by four accomplices who had hijacked the ship and threatened the pilot with death.
They landed near the Mediterranean, the pilot was released and It has not been known since then of him or his accomplices.Truly incredible!
4.San Francisco, escape from Alcatraz jail
It was 1962.Alcatraz Island in San Francisco was the toughest high security prison in this country, reserved for the worst criminals. Frank Morris, Clarence and John Anglin were the devices of this spectacular escape, after months of thorough planning.
They used reconstructed tools, such as a drill made with a vacuum motor , to tear down the concrete from the cells and reach a nearby ventilation duct.
Then they reached the beach through a chimney, quickly built a raft and escaped to the San Francisco Bay.They did not discover anything until the next morning.The evidence suggests that they drowned in the sea but they never found the bodies.Clint Eastwood made a movie, Alcatraz Escape , in 1979.
5.Turkey, escape from Billy Hayes
Billy Hayes, an American student, was arrested in 1970 in Turkey for smuggling two kilos of hashish on the plane .The Turkish prison system was not n It was pleasant for those days, and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.He was five years in the Sagmilicar prison and then transferred to a prison-island, in the sea of Marmara .Here he began planning his escape and the fifth of our famous prison escapes.
I notice that there were no ships on the island but every time there were storms a nearby port was filled with small boats to take refuge.You have spent days hiding in a square of concrete, and when the perfect storm broke out for him, I swam to the port and stole a boat.I could get to Greece and from here halfway through the world until I got home.He wrote a book, The express of Midnight , which was taken to the cinema.
6.The great escape of Stalag Luft III
The Stalag Luft III was a German prison that operated during World War II.76 Allied soldiers joined in a planning and work of one of the most impressive prison escapes, which lasted more than a year.
The men dug 3 tunnels, called in code Tom , Dick and Harry , 9 meters below the prison floor.The idea was for the tunnel to reach beyond the main gate and I went out to a nearby forest.Human ingenuity dictated them to use wooden blocks of support, lamps and even a pump to ensure oxygen.On March 24, 1944, after seizing civilian clothes and passports (we imagine that with the complicity of some guard), the 76 began the escape.
Unfortunately they miscalculated the distance, and the tunnel did not reach the forest, so they were in full view of the Germans.Soldier number 77 was discovered, covered the tunnel and the Nazis were given the task of recovering all the profugees.They reached all but three.How logical it is to suppose, there's a movie based on this leak, The great escape .
What do you think about these great prison leaks?
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