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"lockup" has been documenting life in some of america's most hard-core maximum security prisons since the year 2000. in 2009 we went behind the walls of prisons overseas for the first time on "lockup: world tour." we discovered that while many of the challenges facing these prisons were the same, the differences were startling. that was especially true when we visited prisons in belgium. among other things, we learned that when an inmate escapes from a belgian prison, authorities will try to catch him, but not charge him with an additional crime. >> the law that says the effect of escaping is ...

>> it's the law that says the fact of escaping is not a crime, but they can do another crime. for example, if they escape with the prison clothes, keeping those prison clothes is a crime, unless they send the clothes back and in the past we have someone who escaped, jumping out of the window. after two, three days we get the clothes back washed and cleaned. soap he didn't make any crime. >> in accordance with belgian law, since peter committed no crimes during his escaped, he received no extra prison time once he was captured. >> it's a nice surprise. i don't like surprise but it's a nice surp...

But they can do another crime. for example, if they escape with the prison clothes, keeping those prison clothes is a crime, unless they send the clothes back and in the past we have someone who escaped, jumping out of the window. after two, three days we get the clothes back washed and cleaned. so he didn't make any crime. >> in accordance with belgian law, since peter committed no crimes during his escape, he received no extra prison time once he was captured. >> it's a nice surprise. i don't like surprise but it's a nice surprise. >> peter's only punishment was a two-month stay in hasselt's...

America's most hard-core maximum security prisons since the year 2000. in 2009 we went behind the walls of prisons overseas for the first time on "lockup: world tour." we discovered that while many of the challenges facing these prisons were the same, the differences were startling. that was especially true when we visited prisons in belgium. among other things, we learned that when an inmate escapes from a belgian prison, authorities will try to catch him, but not charge him with an additional crime. >> the law that says the effect of escaping is not a crime. but they can do another crime. fo...

Those prison clothes is a crime, unless they send the clothes back and in the past we have someone who escaped, jumping out of the window. after two, three days we get the clothes back washed and cleaned. so he didn't make any crime. >> in accordance with belgian law, since peter committed no crimes during his escaped, he received no extra prison time once he was captured. >> it's a nice surprise. i don't like surprise but it's a nice surprise. >> peter's only punishment was a two-month stay in hasselt's high security unit, section 20. but it's all worked out for the best. he likes it here. >>...