Gate Left Open, 37 Detainees Escape, 2 Stay Behind Waiting for Tattooed Brother With Escape Plans

Movies have this magical quality to them that real life doesn't have. Because, in real life Shoeless Joe would have had to sign a consent form - one that expressly forbid him from crossing order forbidden lines (of reality). This is exactly the kind of documentation a detainee in China has to sign in order to be processed as a detainee of the state: "I promise to be a detainee, and not do anything that would make me otherwise such as leaving." Continue reading →