Incarceration is perhaps one of the oldest forms of punishment. Prison facilities that are built to be responsible for holding up notorious criminals have gone through an amazing amount of evolution over the centuries. Bars and guards aren’t enough in this day and age, and prison security measures today are as advanced – sometimes as primitively simple – as they can get.
Here are 10 of what are considered to be the toughest prisons in the world to break out of.
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