Your opinions on the show?

kke3nn · 12-06-2008, 11:51 PM

Hi I have a few questions. What are your opinions and break down of the ideas created in the show? I.E why did they choose certain prisons in each situation. Was fox river a good choice? Why?

I am going to quote whatever you say about this and present in class.

smileyone · 12-07-2008, 01:43 AM

Hello kke

Welcome to the forums....

Fox River, I believe is a made up name for the prison.... It's really Joliet Prison in Illinois!

One thing you should know about Prison break and it's attention to detail in S1, regarding Linc's method of electrocution in the chair...in Illinois.... although, it once allowed electrocution as a method for execution... The first one in illinois might even have been performed there.... BUT.....

The State of Illinois does not now in present day sanction electrocution as a method of execution.... in fact of the 38.... YES, 38 American states that sanction the death penalty, there is actually only one state that does so... and it's Nebraska! But for artistic play in Prison Break, they used electrocution as their method of execution! They now do lethal injection etc.... instead!!!!

I believe the Prison itself was opened in or around the 1860's.... and had 700-800 prisons in it's hay day!!! It eventually closed in or around 2003.... just prior to Prison Break characters taking up residence there!

The same Prison was also the set for a scene or two in the movie Blues Brothers... and some Kevin Bacon movie who's name sadly has currently escaped me....

I'm sure if you google in Joliet Prison, illinois... you will get some more up to date info on this subject!

Hope this helps...

Welcome again to the forums...

Catch up soon!

Smiley

helps · 12-07-2008, 09:45 AM

Aw smiley good to see you have knowladges in this field.I have to find out in how many states of USA they have a death penalty... Do you know any chance? Not that I couldn't find it myself,but if you know that.... ^^ Or are these 38 as you mentioned ones who have death penalty?

smileyone · 12-07-2008, 10:44 AM

^^^ Hey Helps....

After much googling....

This subject was so hard to look up....

I came across this....

http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/dpusa.htm

Which includes a slight change to my earlier above comments.... Nebraska, the only US state to sanction the use of electric chair, now does not... so therefore I believe that although 10 US state actually sanctions the use of Electric chair as a method of execution, Nebraska up to recently was the only one who actually carried it out... which made the Lincoln Prison Break plot incorrect and totally for TV like....

!

Quote:

In 2008, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the use of the electric chair as a method of execution violated the Nebraska Constitution. With no alternative method of execution on the books, Nebraska is practically without a death penalty. In 2004, the New York Supreme Court ruled that the existing death penalty procedures violated the New York Constitution. The New York legislature has made no effort to change the procedures, effectively eliminating the death penalty in the state.

So I believe we are now down to 37 US states.... who share out at least five different methods of execution between them.... Lethal Gas, Lethal Injection, Hanging, firing Squad and ..... Electrocution!!!

http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/methods.htm

Quote:

Aw smiley good to see you have knowladges in this field.I have to find out in how many states of USA they have a death penalty... Do you know any chance? Not that I couldn't find it myself,but if you know that.... ^^ Or are these 38 as you mentioned ones who have death penalty?

Please see above for info....

I love historical stuff like this..... actually, I know this because Mini Me touched on it in a history lesson in school last year and it just stuck in my mind!!!!

kke3nn · 12-07-2008, 11:03 PM

Hey thank you smileyone for replying to this post

. I will be quoting some of the examples you have provided in class, thanks for the help!

zamboyz · 12-14-2008, 11:53 AM

My opinion: THEY BETTER END IT SOON or COME UP WITH SOMETHING SPECTACULAR>>>>>

smileyone · 12-14-2008, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kke3nn

Hey thank you smileyone for replying to this post

. I will be quoting some of the examples you have provided in class, thanks for the help!

You're very welcome kke3nn

Good luck with your class work!!!!

zamboyz · 01-09-2009, 05:22 AM

My opinion: THEY BETTER END IT SOON or COME UP WITH SOMETHING SPECTACULAR>>>>>

wasd · 01-13-2009, 12:03 AM

the prison in panama was inspired by another prison in which the inmates rebelled and the guards pulled out. it wasn't as extreme as in the show, but it's based on an actual incident.

prisonfun · 02-16-2009, 06:02 AM

I wana tell you that in Illinos no electrucal chair execution, they murder with help of some kind of poison, but the creator chose elec-chair for becoming this show more reactic.

12-06-2008, 11:51 PM	#1
kke3nn Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2	Your opinions on the show? Hi I have a few questions. What are your opinions and break down of the ideas created in the show? I.E why did they choose certain prisons in each situation. Was fox river a good choice? Why? I am going to quote whatever you say about this and present in class.

12-07-2008, 01:43 AM	#2
smileyone Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 11,425	Hello kke Welcome to the forums.... Fox River, I believe is a made up name for the prison.... It's really Joliet Prison in Illinois! One thing you should know about Prison break and it's attention to detail in S1, regarding Linc's method of electrocution in the chair...in Illinois.... although, it once allowed electrocution as a method for execution... The first one in illinois might even have been performed there.... BUT..... The State of Illinois does not now in present day sanction electrocution as a method of execution.... in fact of the 38.... YES, 38 American states that sanction the death penalty, there is actually only one state that does so... and it's Nebraska! But for artistic play in Prison Break, they used electrocution as their method of execution! They now do lethal injection etc.... instead!!!! I believe the Prison itself was opened in or around the 1860's.... and had 700-800 prisons in it's hay day!!! It eventually closed in or around 2003.... just prior to Prison Break characters taking up residence there! The same Prison was also the set for a scene or two in the movie Blues Brothers... and some Kevin Bacon movie who's name sadly has currently escaped me.... I'm sure if you google in Joliet Prison, illinois... you will get some more up to date info on this subject! Hope this helps... Welcome again to the forums... Catch up soon! Smiley __________________ MAY 14th-16th 2010, BIRMINGHAM, UK ASYLUM 4, HOUSES OF THE HOLY AND OCTOBER 30th - NOVEMBER 1st 2009, YORK, UK GHOSTFACERS - HELL HOUNDS CON RIP. MR. KIM MANNERS MANY THANKS FOR ALL x

12-07-2008, 09:45 AM	#3
helps Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Czech Republic,Europe Posts: 5,693	Aw smiley good to see you have knowladges in this field.I have to find out in how many states of USA they have a death penalty... Do you know any chance? Not that I couldn't find it myself,but if you know that.... ^^ Or are these 38 as you mentioned ones who have death penalty? __________________ R.I.P. Kim Manners Charles Beard: "When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." An Eskimo proverb: "Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy."

12-07-2008, 11:03 PM	#5
kke3nn Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2	smileyone Hey thank you smileyone for replying to this post . I will be quoting some of the examples you have provided in class, thanks for the help!

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12-14-2008, 11:53 AM	#6
zamboyz Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 429	My opinion: THEY BETTER END IT SOON or COME UP WITH SOMETHING SPECTACULAR>>>>>

01-09-2009, 05:22 AM	#8
zamboyz Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 429	My opinion: THEY BETTER END IT SOON or COME UP WITH SOMETHING SPECTACULAR>>>>>

01-13-2009, 12:03 AM	#9
wasd Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 104	the prison in panama was inspired by another prison in which the inmates rebelled and the guards pulled out. it wasn't as extreme as in the show, but it's based on an actual incident.

02-16-2009, 06:02 AM	#10
prisonfun Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 41	I wana tell you that in Illinos no electrucal chair execution, they murder with help of some kind of poison, but the creator chose elec-chair for becoming this show more reactic.