Bosco is based on the real-life events that surrounded Quawntay “Bosco” Adams, who was jailed for drug offences, but somehow managed to escape from the facility he was incarcerated in through the ventilation system so he could visit his child. The film, based on a book written by the man himself, has captured the imagination of the viewing public, and at the heart of the screenplay is the daring escape.
Quawntay “Bosco” Adams’ Great Prison Escape Explained
It has to be said that Adams would utilize some very obvious strategies to implement his escape. Adams needed someone on the outside who could aid his eventual departure, so he would learn how to make phone calls that would go unmonitored from the prison. He would use these unmonitored calls to arrange a meeting with a single Missouri woman outside the prison gates upon Adams’ release. The woman was allegedly unaware of his escape plan and agreed to meet Adams when he was “released”.
Almost unbelievably, Adams would also get a friend to send him a hacksaw blade hidden inside a book, in a move that seems to have come straight from fiction. Upon recognizing that surveillance cameras in the facility did not cover his toilet, he would use the hacksaw to cut through the ceiling so he could climb through the ventilation system, and would cover the hole with soap and toothpaste so nobody would see the escape hatch.
While making his way through the vents, he would again look to what we can only see as a trope, creating a fake body in his bed with the help of a smuggled uniform and some water bottles to create the illusion he was safely tucked up and asleep. He would make his way through the vents, and use sheets tied together to make his way over the prison wall before keeping his date with his female associate on the outside.
After escaping from the prison, it would only take six hours for the authorities to find Adams again and arrest him. An article from The St Louis Post-Dispatch would state, “Law enforcement caught up with the two six hours later at a motel room in Wentzville.”
The same article from The St Louis Post-Dispatch would also confirm that “A Warrenton woman who helped a federal prisoner escape from the Alton city jail in Illinois was sentenced July 25 to two years probation and received a $100 fine.”
Why was Quawntay Adams in prison?
Adams was charged relating to possession and intent to distribute marijuana after a sting operation saw him and two others arrested. According to The Los Angeles Wave, Adams had a long list of previous convictions and had been involved in various other illegal activities from a very young age.
Adams would find himself very heavily punished for his crimes, as at the time in America there was a very strong push towards a war on drugs, resulting in Adams receiving a hefty thirty-five-year sentence. After he escaped from prison, The St Louis Post-Dispatch would report:
“A jury in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis found Adams guilty on four counts – including two attempted escapes from the St. Clair County jail in Belleville, Ill., one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana in excess of 100 kilograms and one count of money laundering – on July 25. Adams pleaded guilty to the escape charges from the Alton jail.”
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