Aman who escaped the Inescapable Prison 4 Times

almori prison Japan 1936

Yoshi shiratori was walking back and

forth inside his prison cell

contemplating how he was wrongly accused

of a crime he didn't commit

he didn't deserve to live the rest of

his days as a prisoner he needed to

escape this filthy cruel and cold place

where he was being mistreated every

single day but how

amori prison was not the easiest one to

escape so he needed to be clever and

patient to be able to come up with a

solid plan

shiratori started by observing the

guard's routines

he was aware that even one tiny mistake

could bring an end to him so he had to

memorize their every move with great

precision

after studying their schedules for

months he realized that there was a

15-minute Gap in their patrol time from

5 30 a.m to 5 45 a.m this was it he had

found his Escape window but then there

was the problem of how he was going to

pick his cells lock

shiratori was not the one to give up in

the face of one minor inconvenience

prisoners were provided with bathing

buckets when they were inside the

bathhouse to his surprise shiratori

realized that these were wrapped with a

metal support ring which he could use as

a wire

so one day he smuggled one back into his

cell and waited for his moment to

Freedom

when the Clock Struck 5 30 a.m and the

coast was finally clear shiratori made

his move his hands were shaking due to

the cold as he tried to pick the lock

and the fear of getting caught did not

help either it took him a few minutes

but he was finally able to kick his cell

door open and run to his freedom at 5 45

a.m guards returned and checked his cell

to them everything looked normal

shuritori was sound asleep in his bed

but of course what they didn't realize

was the fact that it was not actually

him who was under the blanket

before he left shiratori had placed

pieces of floorboard onto his futon to

trick the guards to buy himself more

time so nobody suspected anything until

the next morning but by then shiratori

was long gone

however this was only the beginning of

shiratori's story who would later be

known as the legendary Prison Break

magician

three days after his first Escape

shuritori got caught again while trying

to steal supplies from a hospital and

just like that he was back in prison

this time he was sentenced to life for

his escape attempt he had no hopes to

see his wife and daughter ever again

all those months of planning were for

nothing

and on top of everything in 1942 he got

transferred to Akita prison where the

conditions were even harsher than before

the guards who had heard about his

escape attempt were determined to make

an example out of him

in addition to all the extreme manual

labor he had to do

he was forced to sleep on the hard

concrete floor during the severe winter

cold

and when he wasn't working

he was placed into solitary confinement

for extended periods of time to make

sure he could never attempt anything

funny

you see this isolation cell was

specially designed to keep Escape

artists from escaping

it was very small had a very high

ceiling and smooth copper walls that

would make it impossible to climb

in addition there was no sunlight

whatsoever the only window in the cell

was the small one located in the ceiling

and on top of everything shiratori was

handcuffed and mistreated by the guards

at all times

however one of them Kobayashi took pity

on him and was concerned for his

well-being

that's why he checked up on him from

time to time which made his miserable

life a bit more bearable inside this

awful place

on the stormy night of June 15th at

around midnight the guards peered into

the solitary cell and couldn't believe

their eyes

shiratori was nowhere to be found and

all that was left were his handcuffs

but how did he do it

first of all shiratori knew all the

tricks to get out of cuffs so they

simply didn't work on him

once his hands were free by pressing his

palms and soles of his feet on the

smooth copper walls he climbed the

unclimbable wall with ease

the ceiling window was sealed but

shiratori noticed that the wooden

framing around it started to rot so

night after night he climbed there when

the guards weren't looking and loosened

the framing bit by bit

he finally succeeded in Breaking the

Rusted fittings however he waited until

one stormy night so that when he was out

no one would be able to hear his

footsteps on the roof

three months later shiratori knocked on

the door of the person whom he thought

to be his friend Kobayashi

he wanted him to stand by his side as he

fought against the corrupt prison system

since he was the only guard who

respected him shiratori felt like he

could trust him to do the right thing

but this was a big mistake

when shiratori went to the bathroom

Kobayashi wasted no time informing the

authorities that he was there so

shiratori was arrested and sent back to

prison for a third time since he became

something of a legend at this point the

authorities wanted to make sure he could

not Escape for a third time

so they sent him to the most notorious

and high security abashiri prison it was

in the northern part of the country and

got plenty of snow so no prisoner dared

Escape it with their thin uniforms

at first he was thrown into an open cell

exposed to the extreme cold while still

wearing his summer prison uniform and

the guards were awful to him

one time he got so angry that he broke

his handcuffs in front of them but that

just made things even worse

he got locked in a Cell wearing heavy

iron restraints fitted around his ankles

and wrists which required two hours to

unlock by a blacksmith

shiratori vowed to escape but this time

it all seemed impossible yet again he

found a way

every day when the guards delivered

prisoners their meals shiratori would

drip his miso soup on his iron shackles

as well as the food slot on his cell

door

this ever so slowly wore down the metal

and finally he was able to slip out of

the chains

the hole however was still too small to

fit a person so shiratori dislocated his

own shoulder to slip through the hatch

he was a free man once more as well as

the first man to ever escape abashiri

prison

he went into hiding for over a year but

was caught again after he had a fight

with a farmer for stealing a tomato from

his farm

authorities were not going to leave

anything to chance now and they locked

him up at the Sapporo prison the only

opening in his cell was smaller than his

head

and there were guards standing in front

of it 24 hours a day so you can imagine

the shock they felt when they couldn't

find shiratori there one day

this time shiritori managed to escape by

digging a tunnel right under his bed

using a miso soup bowl

he was a free man for a year until one

day an officer sat next to him on a park

bench

he didn't realize his true identity but

shiratory was so moved by his kind

attitude that he decided to reveal

himself

he was arrested once again but this time

having reviewed his case the court

revoked the harsh conditions of his

sentence and sent him to the more

comfortable fuchu prison in Tokyo where

he was released even earlier for good

behavior

he was finally able to reunite with his

daughter as a truly free man

that's it for today.