It is important in prison, if you are planning to escape (and I was planning from the first day), to cultivate a good reputation as a quiet and cooperative prisoner.
I had to be particularly conscientious about this because the nature of my case, how it was investigated and reported, and the fact that I was first detained and interrogated by State Security for several weeks, caused the prison administration to regard me as a potentially dangerous prisoner.
Nothing will make it harder to plan your escape than being perceived as dangerous. You will be placed under extensive monitoring, extra restrictions, and the other inmates will avoid you.
Try to spend your time as inconspicuously as possible. Read, stay in the musalla if there is one, don’t be confrontational or argumentative with the guards or other inmates, be friendly and polite to everyone, but not overly sociable; and sincerely focus on your worship.
When the officers ask about you, and they will, the informers among your fellow inmates should only be able to say “he just sleeps, prays, and reads”. If there are lectures or other types of programs for inmates to attend, you should go. You may derive genuine benefit from them, and you will show the police that you are a cooperative, docile prisoner.
Attending programs outside your cellblock will also enable you to become familiar with the layout of the facility, the routines of the guards, locations of cameras, and so on.
Never neglect an opportunity to get information. The first time I was taken to court from the Central Prison, I checked the manufacturer and model number of the handcuffs they used. With this information, I was eventually able to acquire a key to the handcuffs and have it smuggled in by a lecturer.
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