Comment on Is it a prison break if the prisoners have been unjustly detained? Who decides when it is a hostage rescuse situation?

FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

The short answer is a court of law.

The long answer includes a reference to the location because a few countries do not list “escape from prison” as a crime in itself recognizing the human yearning to be free. So only incidental stuff would be interesting in a subsequent legal case, i.e. damage of property, threatening people with violence, etc. If you can manage to slip out in a laundry basket, you are okay. Andy Duphresne would be liable for the wall and sewage pipe he broke. (And committing fraud, of course.)

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