Lincoln, burdened by a $90,000 debt he couldn't repay, was forced into becoming a hired killer. Before carrying out the job, he called Michael seeking advice, but Michael—already deeply disappointed by his brother's downward spiral—refused to take the call. When Lincoln arrived at the designated location, he found the target already shot dead. He was subsequently arrested by the police.
Michael's indifferent attitude toward Lincoln's situation prompted Veronica to reveal the truth: after their mother's death, there was no life insurance policy, and the financial support Michael had received actually came from Lincoln's borrowed money. This revelation made Michael reconsider his brother's sacrifices, and he began to believe Lincoln had been framed. He started investigating the case.
When Michael learned Lincoln was to be sent to Fox River Penitentiary for execution, he realized his company possessed the prison's structural blueprints. The idea of an escape plan began taking shape in his mind.
Around the same time, Sucre met the love of his life, Maricruz, on the street. Desperate to buy an engagement ring for her, he robbed a convenience store at gunpoint and was arrested.
Sara, though a doctor, felt trapped in a monotonous life and relied on drug injections to cope. One day, she witnessed a injured person collapse before her but was too incapacitated by withdrawal to help. The incident shook her awake—she began actively fighting her addiction and committed to helping marginalized communities.
Tweener was once an officer stationed on the front lines. After witnessing the military's inhumane treatment of prisoners of war, he decided to expose the truth and was discharged. To survive, he turned to smuggling and eventually ended up in prison.
T-Bag once entered a family with a warm and kindly smile, playing the role of a loving father and husband. But one day, the woman of the house, Sulla, discovered on TV that this gentle man was actually a wanted criminal with six murders to his name. Behind bars, T-Bag was once again consumed by evil, vowing to make Sulla pay for her "betrayal."