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Prison Break

Prison Break

Description: An engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence.
Genre: Comedy, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Year Released: 2005
Number of seasons: 5
Number of episodes: 90
First episode air date: August 29, 2005
Writers: Paul Scheuring, Matt Olmstead, Karyn Usher, Seth Hoffman, Nick Santora, Monica Macer, Zack Estrin
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