Michael Schofield is in a hopeless situation-his brother Lincoln Barros has been found guilty of murder and put on death row in Fox River Prison. Although all the evidence points to Lincoln as the murderer, Michael firmly believes that his brother is innocent. Lincoln's execution day was approaching. With no other choice, Michael broke into a bank with a gun, was arrested and imprisoned and then came to Lincoln's side. As a construction engineer, Michael participated in the prison's renovation project and knew it well. He designed a complete escape plan. The only purpose of going to prison was to save Lincoln's birth and return him innocence.
Lincoln's former girlfriend, Veronica Donovan, was the defense lawyer for the murder. She believed that Lincoln was framed. In the process of continuing the investigation, Veronica discovered that this was far from a pure murder case, and that the death of the victim involved the interests of many big people-the vice president gradually appeared from behind the scenes. As the investigation deepened, danger was approaching Veronica, witnesses were mysteriously killed one after another, Lincoln's family also suffered misfortune, and the mysterious person who pursued Veronica turned out to be a secret agent of the FBI.
At the same time, Michael struggled to prepare his escape plan while in prison. Unexpected people and things appeared one after another on the road to freedom.
