So this happened in Sweden. The guards forgot to lock a group of prisoners in their cells for the night, and they decided to spend the time baking chocolate cake and watch TV.
@Mauretania Is jailbreaking a crime in Sweden though? Because in many countries it isn't. You obviously have to get back to jail to serve the rest of your sentence if caught, plus any extra time you receive (since it's almost impossible to escape a prison without commiting any extra crimes, like destroying prison property or knocking a guard out), but you won't be charged for the jailbreak itself. So if the guards forget to lock you away and you can simply walk out... That might be worth a try. Although that probably wouldn't be considered a good conduct, so you'd lose your chance for an early release.
@Nethyae Yeah I was thinking about that too. In Finland jailbreak is not a crime. If you can walk away without any other crimes you won't get any extra jailtime when you get caught. For example if you don't come back from leave (yes we have prison leave for non violent criminals) in time only that time you were gone is added to your sentence.
@ProudToBeDanish Idk. Maybe he hacked some computers. Maybe he had enough and ki..., no, uh... gave Denmark a bad punch once and for all. But that's just my thoughts.
That's my kind of prison riot.
In the USA, there is a whole genre of violent, melodramatic prison films.
I can see why this never caught on with Swedish filmmakers.