Preventing the Great Escape

JAILHOUSE MOCK



The Mock Prison Riot is off-limits to everyone except corrections officers and the occasional brave criminology student. But there are places, both real and virtual, where you too can lead an escape, spend the night in a dank cell, or engage a well-armed enemy behind prison walls. Here's where to start.




Breakout Game Play

The Great Escape, Gotham Games • You've been placed in a German prison camp and must lead four Allied officers, including a likeness of Steve McQueen from the 1963 movie, to freedom. Available July 22 on PC, PS2 and Xbox; $49.



Prison Paintball

Jailhouse Paintball, Fort Ord, Monterey Peninsula, California • This former
military stockade now comprises the largest indoor/outdoor paintball facility in California. Scenarios range from capture the flag to storming the castle. $25 Saturdays; $7 Sundays.



Cellblock Sleepover

Alcatraz Overnight Program, San Francisco, California • Spend the night in Alcatraz's D-Block, which held the prison's most unruly inmates. The National Park Service books outings through a lottery held each November. Group fee: $1,250.



Prison Tours

West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia • This 132-year-old Gothic fortress once held West Virginia's most violent offenders. Now it hosts the Mock Prison Riot and offers guided tours. $8 adults; $5 children.