In the US alone more than 250,000 prisoners have been on the run since 1978 but not all escapes require the same skillset or intelligence.
Most of the cases in America were from state correctional facilities and not high security federal prisons.
Just over 5500 of those cases were from federal prisons which keep criminals convicted of breaching federal law like bank robberies, drug trafficking and hijacking.
That’s because these prisons have high security, including reinforced fencing and a high staff to inmate ratio.
Vocativ news points out that Prison escapes in America had peaked in the year 1994, coincidentally the same year “The Shawshank Redemption” was released.
And in the following years, prison escapes dropped sharply.
But remain a form of popular culture to this day
Talking about famous prison escapes, here’s the story of El Chapo Guzman.
If you’re asking why less and less people are managing to pull off an escape
Well the answer is simple.
It’s only getting harder and sophisticated.
