The story begins with Lincoln Burrows, a death row inmate who is accused of murdering the Vice President's brother. Lincoln is innocent, and his brother Michael, a genius engineer, comes up with a plan to break him out of prison. Michael gets himself incarcerated in the same prison, Fox River State Penitentiary, by getting a tattoo of the prison's layout on his body.
The story begins with Lincoln Burrows, a death row inmate who is accused of murdering the Vice President's brother. Lincoln is innocent, and his brother Michael, a genius engineer, comes up with a plan to break him out of prison. Michael gets himself incarcerated in the same prison, Fox River State Penitentiary, by getting a tattoo of the prison's layout on his body.