hey guys what's up it's Charlie here and today we're going to be looking at why
breaking out of prison is legal here you may think that if you've done a crime
and going to prison you're not allowed to leave but that's not actually the
case if you come from one of four countries that's right four countries on
earth are great for prisoners as you're allowed to break out of prison there but
there are some funny catches and facts along with that law today we're going to
look at where it's legal to escape from prison some people who really did escape
and got away with it and also some crazy person escapes that
were not successful but first why not subscribe and press the notification
bell - so first let's look at where is it legal to escape from prison in the
world well as I said before there are four countries at which allow this those
countries are Germany Mexico Austria and Belgium but why is that the case in
these four countries well it's because they say the desire to escape is not
only a human right it's within human nature that means escaping and being
free is in our DNA some of these laws are very old for example in Germany
where this law dates back to the 1800s and is over 130 years old this very old
German law brought in by the Reichstag all those years ago is still in effect
today but has anyone actually ever tried out this law in Germany
well prison escape in Germany is very difficult to do legally now the actual
act of escaping from prison is legal but only if it doesn't break any other laws
and because it's almost impossible to escape prison without breaking another
law this makes it nearly impossible for example if you are a prisoner who
escaped a German prison you may have to damage the Baths and if you did that it
would be illegal as it's damaging property or for example if you escaped
wearing your prison clothing then at that's stealing and that's illegal also
taking a hostage to escape or injuring anyone is also illegal
basically any crime you do commit while escaping will be held against you and
not only that it's also illegal to help someone else escape from prison so of
two people escape at once then they would have helped each other and that
would be illegal so there's pretty much no way to escape from a German prison
legally that is unless guards accidentally leave keys lying around so
if you wanted to break out of a German prison you'd have to not only make sure
you didn't break a window or any bars you'd also have to do it without any
clothes on otherwise it would be stealing and not only that if they can
catch you again you're allowed to be taken back to prison the law says you're
allowed to escape from prison but this doesn't mean the crime you were taken
there for in the first place goes away but what about in Mexico well in Mexico
it's not punishable to escape from prison
Mexico is quite known for prison escapes for example Joaquim el chapo guzman
escaped from a Mexican prison twice however this was not done legally
instead it was done by bribing guards but why is escaping prison legal in
Mexico well it dates back to an old Mexican law named Article 154 in Mexico
freedom or Liberty is defined as a human right and it says this human right is
even afforded to prisoners however there are some catches in article 154 for
example it's illegal to escape if you help anyone else
aka more than one person escaping at once is not legal also if they injure
anyone else like guards prisoners or civilians this also makes it illegal and
if you do break any of these laws while escaping from prison this can get you an
extra three years in jail also if you escaped in Mexico your time
outside jail is not considered part of your sentence so that means if you're
recaptured even after many years you still have to do the time you have left
on the original sentence for example if you get sentenced to 10 years and then
escape for nine of those don't think that 9 goes away instead you just have
to spend 9 X 4 years in prison if you're caught and if you go back to prison
after escaping in Mexico you do lose many privileges you may lose certain
meals and also exercise privileges recently there was a large prison escape
in Mexico where around 130 inmates flared using a tunnel and in another
situation some commandos used an explosive to blow up the prison walls
also in 2002 a Mexican burglar did actually escape from a Mexican prison a
Mexican Supreme Court judge sided with the person who escaped
they said they were actually following the law and it turned out this Mexican
burglar knew about this law in Austria this is also
case they say if you don't injure anyone or damage any property you can escape
from prison that's because much like a Mexican and
German law in Austrian law the desire for escape and liberty is a human right
and in Belgium this is also the case a Belgium Court recently ruled to keep
that law in place some said this law encourages prisoners to try an escape in
creative ways but in Belgium they also said that it's human nature to want to
escape from prison and also escaping doesn't necessarily cause any harm the
only thing that would cause harm is if you broke the building or injured
somebody while escaping Belgium says it's up to prisons and police to be good
enough to make sure nobody does escape but has there ever been any really crazy
escapes from a country where escaping prison is legal well in 1971 Joel David
Kaplan was arrested in a Mexican prison he was arrested for fraud and taken to
Mexico City's Santa Maria prison one night around 136 guards for watching a
movie with the prisoners that was when a helicopter landed in the prison yard
Joel Kaplan thank God in the helicopter and flew away
he then arrived back in the USA and he said the process was completely legal
that's because if the prison hadn't been damaged in any way and nobody was hurt
also the helicopter had been purchased privately not rented this meant nobody
helped him escape from prison and he also said because only he escaped he
wasn't helping anyone else escape but that's not the only amazing and legal
Mexican prison escape Joaquim Loara Guzman at better known as el chapo also
escaped many times the most amazing escape involved him going into an
underground tunnel this tunnel went for a mile long and was equipped with
electricity and a motorcycle now at first this was said to be illegal as he
was clearly helped that's because someone had to have built the tunnel and
got the motorcycle for him but because they couldn't name anyone who actually
did help him as nobody knew who did it that means it was legal but anyone who
knows about El Chapo knows he was recaptured by the USA and taken to New
York he will soon be sentenced and likely spend the rest of his life behind
bars in the USA and unlike in Mexico in the u.s. a prison escape is not legal
another country where escaping prison is not legal is South Korea but that didn't
stop one man no as the Korean Houdini one South Korean
man was a burglar but he'd also been practicing yoga for 23 years this
allowed him to have full control over his body and converted into any shape he
wanted this actually helped him to escape from jail he was able to crawl
through his prison food slot and escape from prison
amazingly the food slot was only 15 centimeters high and 45 centimeters wide
but through the use of skin ointment and yoga this guy was able to escape comment
down below your views of this law do you think it should be legal to escape from
prison or not personally I do understand that wanting freedom is a human right
and I suppose if it doesn't hurt anyone then maybe it should be legal vote in
the poll in the top right corner which prison escape you thought was the most
amazing was that the helicopter prison escape by the American businessman the
tunnel escaped by El Chapo or the yogurts cab by the South Korean Houdini
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