# Well, it worked in Shawshank so why not in reality?

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**Created:** [December 17, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-worked-in-shawshank-so-why-not-in-reality/430390 "2007-12-17T23:14:53Z")
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### Author: ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-worked-in-shawshank-so-why-not-in-reality/430390/1 "2007-12-17T23:14:53Z")

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So apparently this prison needs to stop showing The Shawshank Redemption on tape. Or Escape from Alcatraz, if it comes to that.

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> The men helped cover up the break by placing dummies under their bed blankets, and hiding the wall holes with magazine photos of women in bikinis, authorities said.

But, at least they’re on top of it from now on.

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> Authorities launched a review of security measures, and barred inmates from pinning up pictures from magazines on their cell walls.