Breakout
This high-octane series tells the dramatic stories of some of the most ingenious jailbreaks in recent history, and the detective work that led to the successful recapture of escapees.
- 2010-2013
- 2 seasons
- Documentary
This high-octane series tells the dramatic stories of some of the most ingenious jailbreaks in recent history, and the detective work that led to the successful recapture of escapees.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2013
Episode 1
Escape from Supermax
Armed robber Roy Harper is serving his sentence at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. He meets John Woolard, an inmate aching to break out. After hatching a plan to cut through their cell window at night, they make their big break.
Episode 2
The Real MacGyver
Refusing to join a racist prison gang, Harold Laird had a bull's-eye on his back at Stiles Unit. But his innate ability to tinker was his saving grace. He used cloth and dental floss to work his way through a locked door and two fences.
Episode 3
Tunnel Break
When Lance Battreal hears of his father's heart attack, the desire to escape from Indiana's state prison and consumes him. He spends weeks planning an elaborate escape through a storm drain connected to one of the prison's tunnels.
Episode 4
Island Fortress
After Matthew Williams was sent to Parkhurst Prison, he starts to plot one of the most daring escapes ever from a UK prison. He and his accomplice's fashions keys out of metal to help their escape plan from the island prison.
Episode 5
The Connecticut Conspiracy
Ronald Rutan meets Frank Vandever who is planning to escape. Ronald fears the gangs in the prison, and he and Frank begin to plot their breakout plan. After cutting their way through window bars, running five miles and stealing a car.
Episode 6
Escape from the Indian River
Rondell Reed been placed in Indian River County Jail. His determination to escape brings him to Levi, a prisoner already planning a way out. With a smuggled-in hacksaw, they saw through bars, escape through the vent and into the rec yard
Episode 7
Keys to Freedom
In 1976, Tim Jenkin and his friend is imprisoned for fighting against South Africa racist policies. Desperate for freedom, Tim discreetly builds wooden key to open their cell. Ten more doors stand between them and freedom
Episode 8
Southsider Gang Escape
Tommy Valdez and his friends are locked up in the Grant County Detention Center. They dig their way out to reach the prison roof. With help from other gang members, the three men make for the Mexican border, with the police in hot pursuit.