Fox River State Penitentiary is a fictional level-five maximum-security prison featured prominently in the first season (and briefly in the second season) of the television series Prison Break. The real-life representation of the prison is Joliet Prison, which is located in Joliet, Illinois. The fictional prison is likely named after the real Fox River, about 20 miles outside Joliet, Illinois.
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Famous quotes containing the words fox, river and/or state:
“In a room with a stuffed fox and a stale fern,”
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“but we wish the river had another shore,
some further range of delectable mountains,”
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“There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.”
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