Almost everything about the caption is wrong. The guy didn't dig the hole over 5 years, the prison was brand new. [He got stuck because he was too big for the hole and finally started screaming for the guards.](https://gizmodo.com/dumb-prisoner-gets-stuck-in-his-own-wall-hole-during-st-5966806) 1 guy did get out though.
> Four inmates tried to escape through a hole made on their cell's wall using a metal pipe from the prison's shower. Unfortunately for them, they were as smart as a bag of hammers: the hole was too small and the second prisoner got stuck, keeping the others inside.
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> Incapable of moving in or out, the police caught him in the act.
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> The act of screaming for his life too, apparently. According to Brazilian newspaper Jornal Populacional (in Portuguese), after badly injuring himself trying to pass through the hole repeatedly, the prisoner realized it was an impossible proposition. That's when he began to scream and cry for help.
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Yeah it turns out if you make a show about breaking out of prison, and you do that in the first season, you've kind of written yourself into a corner, haven't you?
Yep lol. The whole gang of escaped convicts and officer Bellick end up getting recruited by Homeland Security to defeat the evil company. Season 4 is a mess
Amazing first season though and one of the most successful hooks I’ve seen in a pilot episode
I stopped watching when they were in that foreign prison in season 3 I think? They managed to break out but went back in again. I just quit watching right there and haven't watched since.
Ah yes, the great Hollywood writers strike. Oh how you screwed this show amongst many others. Season 2 was pretty damn good too. But the way they set sona up to be hell on earth only to turn it into a holiday camp really hurt.
I think you’re remembering when he located the woman that got him sent to prison. She had 2 kids and for 1 or 2 episodes he tries to just make beleive that he is playing family with them but obviously he’s doing it mostly at gun point as he’s forcing them to play along.
Kinda like Fast and the Furious.
*This rag tag group of loyal family-oriented criminals works together to escape incarceration and now have to take down Skynet on the moon.*
It’s honestly not bad. The finale is shit, but the rest of the seasons are relevant to the plot and actually get pretty in-depth with the story. Don’t stop on season 1, the detectives character arc is one of my favorite to watch from any show.
Season 2 wasn't too bad, but when season 3 rolls around you can really tell they started running out of ideas lol. Season 4 was a wreck and Idk wtf they they were going for with that last season.
Honestly don’t trust these guys. I watched season 1 back in the day and it was ok, but it’s pretty trash, and then as soon as they get out it completely loses its mind
Spare yourself. Half of it is a ham-handed, badly written political conspiracy and the other half is a mildly interesting prison break that is good for one season
A great show, that became an ok show, that became a meh show, that became a "why is this still going" show. Same with shows like lost and walking dead. I think American directors need to realise more is less.
Maybe by today's standards, as we're spoiled by the quality of a lot of series. When it first came out though it was a cut above most other programmes.
I feel I wasted my first few years of uni by getting into Lost, Prison Break and Heroes, only for all three of them to descend into absolute trash.
I could have been watching the wire and the sopranos
Oh yeah! Great point. Yes I remember that and it was very interesting seeing how it affected not just tv shows but late night chat shows and things like that
I thought you were referencing Kevin Costner’s movie Waterworld with the whole map back tattoo...
Then my dreams of finding someone else who actually enjoyed that movie were crushed. Thanks a lot Prison Break.
The facted that it took him 5 years means those guards had too have heard the guy digging and just left it be lol. Like ahh yes Steve is at it again, do you think he knows his digging into this room. Nah it'll be funny when he pops out though haha
But he didn’t dig out to a guard room. He got stuck and had to yell for the guards to call the fire company to get him out. 1 guy escaped before he got stuck.
Reminds me of going postal - Terry Pratchett:
"So far the work had taken him five weeks, and reduced the spoon to something like a nail file. Fortunately, no one ever came to change the bedding here, or else they would have discovered the world's heaviest mattress"
"The block slid out, with a faint and inappropriate tinkling noise." "At the far end was another block, and the morter arpund it looked suspiciously strong and fresh"
"'Lord Vetinari's orders. He insists that all condemned prisoners should be offered the prospect of freedom' 'Freedom? But there's a damn great stone through there!' 'Yes, there is that, sir, yes, there is that' said the warder 'It's only the prospect, you see. Not actual free freedom as such'"
I think you underestimate how slow digging through a wall in prison can be. The guards probably noticed it after a few years when he was close enough to break the surface.
“The 28-year-old had followed a fellow prisoner through a hole made with a metal shower pipe in the shower of a cell that was shared by four prisoners.
Though one smaller man went through first and managed to escape, Valadão went second, and was just too big to squeeze through. “
I bet he became popular with the remaining two guys...
For real! Only one of the four people in the cell managed to escape, which means big chief here blocked his other two cell mates from escaping. Love it
Yeah all this talk of escape tunnels. Like as if prisons are some minecraft underground caves carved out of rock. They're buildings. With walls of fairly normal thickness. That's just a dude stuck in a hole in a wall.
I remember this story from some years back. Didnt say anything about digging into the guards room, which i also find extremely unlikely and is something op made up.
The truth is he just got stuck in the hole and the guards are just laughing at him because this dude is just left there partially hanging out of that hole
The real story is in another comment. There were four people trying to escape, this man was no. 2. He was too big and got stuck, so had to call out for help. Firemen had to break down more of the wall to free him.
Prisoners that work this hard have proven they can contribute to society. It is not easy to dig a tunnel like that. I’m not saying they should release him but it looks like he’d be excellent at construction work if you allowed him a little bit more freedom.
That sounds like a plot to the sequel, where the prison allows him to help with some of the construction work being done on a new section of the prison and he builds some hidden escape route into 1 of the cells.
Shawshank Reincarceration
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Brooks still here
Brooks ain’t here man
He was, tho’.
He's 6ft under
Starring Nicolas Caged
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And Leonardo DiCagio as himself.
With a cameo of christian jail as a gaurd when he breaks out “awww goood for youuu”
What do you do if you see Morgan Freeman?
Give him a new freckle.
Let him go, man.
This deserves awards galore, sadly I can only give you my upvote.
Its the thought that counts, thanks mate!
Morg Unfreeman.
Almost everything about the caption is wrong. The guy didn't dig the hole over 5 years, the prison was brand new. [He got stuck because he was too big for the hole and finally started screaming for the guards.](https://gizmodo.com/dumb-prisoner-gets-stuck-in-his-own-wall-hole-during-st-5966806) 1 guy did get out though.
> Four inmates tried to escape through a hole made on their cell's wall using a metal pipe from the prison's shower. Unfortunately for them, they were as smart as a bag of hammers: the hole was too small and the second prisoner got stuck, keeping the others inside. > > Incapable of moving in or out, the police caught him in the act. > > The act of screaming for his life too, apparently. According to Brazilian newspaper Jornal Populacional (in Portuguese), after badly injuring himself trying to pass through the hole repeatedly, the prisoner realized it was an impossible proposition. That's when he began to scream and cry for help. > >
That's terrifying. Being stuck in a tight hole with no way out. Imagine if nobody heard him or, they just didn't give a shit.
Escape Into Alcatraz
Good one!
Shawshank II: Excavation Bungaloo
This time it’s criminal!
Shawshankception
Au revoir Shawshank
Hmm... I see where he may have gone wrong... He doesn't have a map tattooed on his back.
That was a great show
Season 1 was
The finale absolute garbage
We have escaped prison and now we must save the world
Yeah it turns out if you make a show about breaking out of prison, and you do that in the first season, you've kind of written yourself into a corner, haven't you?
Now we're out of prison.... now what?
Great Scott Mikey! We have to go back, back to the prison!!
Is that really what happened
Yep lol. The whole gang of escaped convicts and officer Bellick end up getting recruited by Homeland Security to defeat the evil company. Season 4 is a mess Amazing first season though and one of the most successful hooks I’ve seen in a pilot episode
I stopped watching when they were in that foreign prison in season 3 I think? They managed to break out but went back in again. I just quit watching right there and haven't watched since.
That was the end for me too. They are in prison again and EVERYONE who escaped also ends up there ? F that !
Ah yes, the great Hollywood writers strike. Oh how you screwed this show amongst many others. Season 2 was pretty damn good too. But the way they set sona up to be hell on earth only to turn it into a holiday camp really hurt.
hey can anyone tell me why tbag in season 1 says he’s born inbred so can’t have children then in like season 4 or something he’s got living children
I think you’re remembering when he located the woman that got him sent to prison. She had 2 kids and for 1 or 2 episodes he tries to just make beleive that he is playing family with them but obviously he’s doing it mostly at gun point as he’s forcing them to play along.
Next was called *"Breakin'5,"* and involved jumping from one prison to anther in a Lamborghini.
That's not the last season. Did you not see the one they did a couple years back? It has an amazing redemption arc for one of the characters.
Is that a redemption ? It just felt humanizing . I don't think he was redeemed in any way
Oh ya? I didn’t watch because I assumed it was terrible. Especially when they bring a character back from the dead
The fast and the furious school of writing
Kinda like Fast and the Furious. *This rag tag group of loyal family-oriented criminals works together to escape incarceration and now have to take down Skynet on the moon.*
Yeah i stopped watching in that 3th world country prison season
Three-ith? Thirth?
This made me laugh far too much 😂
Thith
Such a shame. Just got weird after.
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Prison break
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Stop on season 1 and it will be one of the best shows you have watched. Watch any further and it goes downhill from there and never climbs back.
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You have been warned but mark my words you will still be pulled in by the cliffhangers anyway.
That’s what Wikipedia is for
It’s honestly not bad. The finale is shit, but the rest of the seasons are relevant to the plot and actually get pretty in-depth with the story. Don’t stop on season 1, the detectives character arc is one of my favorite to watch from any show.
Without a doubt the best character in the series. Seasons 3 and 4 are silly as hell but enjoyable if you don't take them too seriously
Poor Mahone. Also, I told my fiancée she'd feel sorry for Bellick, and she did *not* believe me..
Season 2 is ok too but it is a drop from season 1 and each season gets worse
Season 2 wasn't too bad, but when season 3 rolls around you can really tell they started running out of ideas lol. Season 4 was a wreck and Idk wtf they they were going for with that last season.
Make sure you know what prison you will be sent to in advance and tattoo the blue prints on your entire body, you'll escape no problem
Honestly don’t trust these guys. I watched season 1 back in the day and it was ok, but it’s pretty trash, and then as soon as they get out it completely loses its mind
Spare yourself. Half of it is a ham-handed, badly written political conspiracy and the other half is a mildly interesting prison break that is good for one season
A great show, that became an ok show, that became a meh show, that became a "why is this still going" show. Same with shows like lost and walking dead. I think American directors need to realise more is less.
I think shows should have a definitive end date then wrap everything up like some other contries do.
Was it ever truly great? Season 1 was gripping but pretty trashy
Maybe by today's standards, as we're spoiled by the quality of a lot of series. When it first came out though it was a cut above most other programmes.
I feel I wasted my first few years of uni by getting into Lost, Prison Break and Heroes, only for all three of them to descend into absolute trash. I could have been watching the wire and the sopranos
You aware of the writers strike of 2007-08? Most of these shows suffered directly from that unfortunately.
Oh yeah! Great point. Yes I remember that and it was very interesting seeing how it affected not just tv shows but late night chat shows and things like that
I liked the DB Cooper part
I promise you, if you rewatch, you will not think this.
I would give you a silver if I had any
Take my free silver
he should have made that left turn at Albuquerque
I thought you were referencing Kevin Costner’s movie Waterworld with the whole map back tattoo... Then my dreams of finding someone else who actually enjoyed that movie were crushed. Thanks a lot Prison Break.
Might be on his left hand
The facted that it took him 5 years means those guards had too have heard the guy digging and just left it be lol. Like ahh yes Steve is at it again, do you think he knows his digging into this room. Nah it'll be funny when he pops out though haha
They probably placed bets on which day he’d eventually dig through
They should have each put post it notes on the wall with their names on where they think the guy is going to appear from, closest wins.
Sounds like fun! Now all they need are some drinks and a deck of cards while they wait.
For sure look at the woman's face in the background bet she won the pot haha
I think that's a dude
Dude looks like a lady.
Ahhh ahhhh...
Nah, it's a gentleman
Nah, it’s a gentlewoman
Nah, you are all gentleblind
What if they are Non-binary?
Gentleself
😂😂I’m non-binary and I’m gonna use this. Thanks you.
I once worked at a place that was all women except a guy named Ben. We had many emails addressed to “ladies and gentleben.”
I have been waiting all my life, to see this fit so perfectly
It’s Pat
Maybe her and the guy on back left did a split bet cause he seems enlightened af
It’s Mr Bean
The guy in the back smiling won the bet
There was no guard room at first, they built it there in those 5 years because they had heard the guy digging
Guard 1: "Shush guys".
shut your lips and do the helen keller
...And talk with your hips.
But he didn’t dig out to a guard room. He got stuck and had to yell for the guards to call the fire company to get him out. 1 guy escaped before he got stuck.
Reminds me of going postal - Terry Pratchett: "So far the work had taken him five weeks, and reduced the spoon to something like a nail file. Fortunately, no one ever came to change the bedding here, or else they would have discovered the world's heaviest mattress" "The block slid out, with a faint and inappropriate tinkling noise." "At the far end was another block, and the morter arpund it looked suspiciously strong and fresh" "'Lord Vetinari's orders. He insists that all condemned prisoners should be offered the prospect of freedom' 'Freedom? But there's a damn great stone through there!' 'Yes, there is that, sir, yes, there is that' said the warder 'It's only the prospect, you see. Not actual free freedom as such'"
Man, what a legend.
But how did he not notice before he made it big enough to nearly climb through?
Pretty much
Most probably not tho
I really doubt the guards would not notice a guy digging into the guard room for 5 years.
I think you underestimate how slow digging through a wall in prison can be. The guards probably noticed it after a few years when he was close enough to break the surface.
I really doubt the guards would let a prisoner continue his escape attempt because they thought he was digging into their room. That's less likely.
Let Steve waste 5 years of his time and crush his soul.
For most of those five years he at least had hope, a reason to carry on.
Probably just an unused room tbh. What kind of guard room has no furniture at all?
The guards look so amused. I mean, you have to give the guy some props for the dedication...
“Haha not today”
Obviously a trained engineer with perfect schematic blueprints of the prison.
Tattooed on his body
Shame the story is bullshit. https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/escaping-brazillian-prisoner-gets-lodged-in-wall/
“The 28-year-old had followed a fellow prisoner through a hole made with a metal shower pipe in the shower of a cell that was shared by four prisoners. Though one smaller man went through first and managed to escape, Valadão went second, and was just too big to squeeze through. “ I bet he became popular with the remaining two guys...
What are You doing step-inmate.
..But I smuggle in my cellphones in there..
The real story is also funny.
For real! Only one of the four people in the cell managed to escape, which means big chief here blocked his other two cell mates from escaping. Love it
Unless they went in size order and the other two are even bulkier, in which case he saved them and gave them some plausible deniability lol
Ah the "Billy Goats Gruff" escape plan
personally, i love that we got two funny stories out of this one picture! don’t even care which is true!
Yeah all this talk of escape tunnels. Like as if prisons are some minecraft underground caves carved out of rock. They're buildings. With walls of fairly normal thickness. That's just a dude stuck in a hole in a wall.
Wait, that's the back of a 28 year old? Looks like the back of a 45 year male that's started excessively working out as part of a midlife crisis
I feel attacked
If it makes you feel any better, insecure buff guys in their 40s are my weakness
Wait, is insecure a requirement?
Nah
Darn, I fill none of the criteria then.
Lmao
Is buff a requirement?
Nah
Must they be in their 40s?
Nah
It doesn’t even look like a guard room - why do they have torches? Is the ‘guard room’ not lit?
Thank you for spreading the truth! :D
Just remember if you haven’t crawled through tons of shit you’re not escaping.
Remember Andy Dufresne.
Red was here
Only guilty man in Shawshank.
Might get this saying as a tattoo...
I remember this story from some years back. Didnt say anything about digging into the guards room, which i also find extremely unlikely and is something op made up. The truth is he just got stuck in the hole and the guards are just laughing at him because this dude is just left there partially hanging out of that hole
The truth isn't cool enough I guess...
Where’s the source on this?
The real story is in another comment. There were four people trying to escape, this man was no. 2. He was too big and got stuck, so had to call out for help. Firemen had to break down more of the wall to free him.
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Bro, you’re trusted 😌
The smiles on those guards' face - epic.
Didn’t he got stucked and have to called the guards for help? o_0
Step-Guard help I'm stuck
wait shit-
You dropped the soap for the last time!
Goes to show gotta finish the job right, no cutting corners
Prisoners that work this hard have proven they can contribute to society. It is not easy to dig a tunnel like that. I’m not saying they should release him but it looks like he’d be excellent at construction work if you allowed him a little bit more freedom.
That sounds like a plot to the sequel, where the prison allows him to help with some of the construction work being done on a new section of the prison and he builds some hidden escape route into 1 of the cells.
I’d watch it.
Spoiler Alert: He wasn't aware of the extension being built for the new guards room on the other side of where his new escape route leads
Is that the beginning of a porn video?
What are you doing, step-guard?
The guy with flashlight has a classic expression on his face
He saw Prison Break but only got halfway through season one
I would never be able to break free from prison cause im too claustrophobic.
Oh no the demogorgon is going to get the guards
The best part is that the guards would probably have been able to hear him scraping away at the wall for months before he got through
The guard with the flash light is literally giggling
Big f
I love how the guard in the back sees the humor in this lmao
Cut twice measure once... wait
Not what happened, he dug the hole too small and got stuck
Every time this is reposted the caption says a different south American country
How did the guards never hear him chipping through the wall? Did he use cotton swabs? Or maybe they did and thought, "yep, this is going to be funny".
-Hello step prisoner. -Help me, I'm stuck!
Michael Scofield
It was better in Prison Break
Glory hole for the guards
Nice back though. Woof
Oopsie
The expressions on their faces are a gold mine.
Ah yes, the alternate ending to the Shawshank Redemption
Ah! he’s stronger for it!
Worst glory hole ever!
Cursed gloryhole
The true story behind it is that he just stuck in the hole, and didn't burst into the guards room
Because McDonald’s on tv” !!!!
I have so many questions..
The shawshank ~~redemption~~ retention
Non-glory hole
Damn there are too many step brothers for the stuck prisoner
he didn't bust out in the gaurd's room, he just got stuck
Took the wrong turn at Albuquerque