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Western Penitentiary prisoner Nuno Pontes has 17 seconds. 17 seconds to take a makeshift key, sneak into a restricted area undetected and test that his key fits the padlock. The padlock that’s locking the door to freedom. 17 seconds that could make or break his escape.
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George Rivas walked slowly out of the guard house of the maximum security prison he was serving time in and made his way over to the gate beside the guard tower.  Nervously he cleared his throat and yelled up to the officer to open the main gate. The officer approached the side of the tower and...
Published 03/31/19
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