The series became a marketing hit as well, spawning a video game, a spin-off series for mobile phones called Prison Break: Proof of Innocence, an official magazine, and other tie-in content.

Screengrab of a video of the reported prison break. Hundreds or thousands of prisoners are believed to have escaped from a maximum-security prison in Maputo, Mozambique, amid post-election ...

The prison, which holds around 3,000 inmates, was "totally torched" following a huge jailbreak that resulted in "deaths", said a source.

From Cool Hand Luke to The Count of Monte Cristo, Prison Break, and Orange Is the New Black, it's no wonder that prison projects are so popular with viewers because, through the eyes of the ...