Joburg's Great Escape: How Global Prisons Stack Up In The Game Of Incarceration

In a poignant reminder of the lengths individuals will go to in order to avoid imprisonment, a video recently went viral showing a man escaping police custody from a Johannesburg court.

Arrested for housebreaking and theft, the daring escape demonstrated the fear and desperation surrounding the prospect of living behind bars.

This incident has sparked renewed interest in the global prison systems, highlighting the stark differences in experiences for inmates around the world.

The ongoing discourse around prisons has intensified, especially following reports of a controversial deal between the Trump administration and the president of El Salvador, allowing the US to deport detained migrants and imprisoned criminals to a mega prison in the Central American nation.

The implications of such policies cast a long shadow over the already volatile landscape of global incarceration.