The former army medic. C-Note makes it out of the pipe and onto the plane (though it crashes). His escape is verified; he later turns himself in to save his daughter.
In the third season, Michael Scofield is imprisoned in Sona, a brutal Panamanian prison run by the inmates. The company "The Company" forces Michael to engineer another escape to free a prisoner named James Whistler.
The Escapees:
(Note: T-Bag and Bellick were also in Sona. T-Bag used the chaos of the escape to secure a position of power within the prison, while Bellick remained trapped inside during the actual event.)
How they escaped: 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. who escapes in prison break verified
Sona Verified Escapee Count: 2 (Michael Scofield, James Whistler).
In Season 3, Michael is thrown into Sona, a brutal Panamanian prison with no walls—only a rooftop and armed guards. Escaping Sona is presented as nearly impossible. Many characters try; few succeed. The former army medic
| Character | Prison/Facility | Verified Escape? | Final Outcome (Freedom/Capture/Death) | |-----------|----------------|------------------|----------------------------------------| | Michael Scofield | Fox River | Yes | Free (after faking death) | | Michael Scofield | Sona | Yes | Free | | Michael Scofield | Company Black Site | Yes | Free | | Michael Scofield | Ogygia | Yes | Free | | Lincoln Burrows | Fox River | Yes | Exonerated | | Fernando Sucre | Fox River | Yes | Exonerated | | Benjamin “C-Note” Franklin | Fox River | Yes | Pardoned | | David “Tweener” Apolskis | Fox River | Yes | Killed (recaptured) | | Charles “Haywire” Patoshik | Fox River | Yes | Killed (recaptured) | | John Abruzzi | Fox River | Yes | Killed (recaptured) | | Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell | Fox River | Yes | Recaptured (later pardoned) | | James Whistler | Sona | Yes | Killed (free briefly) | | Sara Tancredi | Company Black Site | Yes | Exonerated | | Alex Mahone | Company Black Site | Yes | Exonerated | | Whip | Ogygia | Yes | Killed | | Sid | Ogygia | Yes | Free (status unknown) |
The man the entire season was about. Whistler uses a fishing line and a grappling hook to climb the Sona wall during a riot. He gets out, though his freedom is brief. (Note: T-Bag and Bellick were also in Sona