Six Death Row Inmates Orchestrated A Prison Break 39 Years Ago

The inescapable Mecklenburg Correctional Center

Briley brothers (two of the inmates involved in the escape) — image from richmond.com

Back in 1982, fear started spreading like wildfire at the Mecklenburg Correctional Center in Virginia. One of the most notorious prisoners on death row, Frank Coppola, was executed via the electric chair. Coppola was convicted of beating a woman to death in a robbery. He stayed…