Panama has one of the highest prison escape rates in Central America. Key reasons:

, a federal penitentiary that makes Fox River look like a luxury hotel. The Setting: Sona Federal Penitentiary is a lawless wasteland

Disagreements were not settled by guards but by a mandatory trial by combat. Two inmates would fight to the death in the courtyard using makeshift shivs.

Led by a drug kingpin named Lechero, the inmates established their own hierarchy, laws, and judicial system.