What do soccer balls and prison breaks have in common? In 2006 soccer balls were used to create digging tools to build a 40 meter tunnel under the prison. Four soccer balls, a broomstick and some fan parts were used to create the tunnel that led 23 people to freedom.
The report said the tunnel went down 3 meters below the prison cell in the Political Security Headquarters in San’a, Yemen, and then continued for 44 meters before ending in the women’s bathroom of the nearby al-Awaqaf Mosque.
The Yemeni government report said digging tools included four soccer balls and shovels made from broomsticks and fan parts.
The prisoners made mud from the dirt, and hid it in different ways throughout their cells.
“One of the inmate bathrooms was filled with dirt to the ceiling,” the report said. “The accumulation of dirt in the prisoners’ cells demonstrated the negligence and disregard of some of the detention center officials, because they failed to routinely search the prison cells.”
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