Michael created a diversion by starting a riot and short-circuiting the prison's electrical fence. The team climbed through a window and used a thick cable to zip-line over the electrified perimeter fence while the power was down.
Eventually negotiated immunity in exchange for help against the Company. Tweener: Killed by FBI Agent Mahone in Season 2.
An Australian inmate whom The Company ordered Michael to rescue.
: Michael’s brother, framed for the murder of the Vice President's sibling. who escapes in prison break verified
While many escape the prisons, the true "escape" is finding freedom from The Company and the government. Many characters die while trying, including (who dies of injuries during the S1 escape process), John Abruzzi , Tweener , Haywire , and many inmates in Sona.
This is the primary escape from Fox River State Penitentiary. Eight men successfully made it out of the prison walls in the first season finale.
: Michael’s deeply unstable temporary cellmate who memorized a missing portion of the tattoo blueprint. Michael created a diversion by starting a riot
Under an old bridge, they stopped. Jax sat on a rock, shaking, the rain cleansing and revealing. He could upload the ledger to a server, bury it in the wilds of cryptocurrencies and dead drops, or he could reduce it to ash. The choice was final. He thought of the sources he protected, of names that could be issued into danger if the ledger lived. He thought of the kindness in a harmonica tune and a giant’s steady hands.
In Season 3, the tables turned. Michael was thrown into Sona, a lawless Panamanian prison ruled by inmates. Under threat from a shadowy deep-state organization known as "The Company," Michael had to formulate a breakout from a prison with no guards inside. Prison Break (TV Series 2005–2017) - Episode list - IMDb
While many characters attempt to escape throughout the series, the **Fox River Eight Tweener: Killed by FBI Agent Mahone in Season 2
and the Anglin brothers used papier-mâché heads to fool guards; though they left the island, authorities officially believe they drowned Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
The most iconic escape in the series takes place in the Season 1 finale, "Flight." Michael Scofield’s original plan was only for himself and Lincoln, but the crew grew due to blackmail and necessity.