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Mecklenburg Correctional Center was a maximum security prison operated by the Virginia DOC-- in 1984, six murderers broke out of the block in cool Ocean's Eleven fashion and The Fugitive: End Game scenario took place all without Tommy Lee Jones. Hear how prisons evolved since then to the supermax Red Onion and to today's softer model and decide for yourself-- are you safer now than you were 25 years ago?
By Jake Welder and Jonathan Bates4.7
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Mecklenburg Correctional Center was a maximum security prison operated by the Virginia DOC-- in 1984, six murderers broke out of the block in cool Ocean's Eleven fashion and The Fugitive: End Game scenario took place all without Tommy Lee Jones. Hear how prisons evolved since then to the supermax Red Onion and to today's softer model and decide for yourself-- are you safer now than you were 25 years ago?

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