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:
“A fox cannot hide its tail.”
—Chinese proverb.
“It is impossible to step into the same river twice.”
—Heraclitus (c. 535–475 B.C.)
“I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)