There will be no rendezvous in Mexico for Otis Blunt and Jose Espinosa after all. The two men who broke out of New Jersey's Union county jail in 2007 by mirroring the escape scene depicted in The Shawshank Redemption film, were sentenced to five years in prison.
The pair escaped from the prison by digging a hole in a cell wall. They covered the hole with a pinup poster, similar to the technique used in the 1994 film starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. They also left a note that taunted a corrections officer. The officer later killed himself.
Blunt, who was acquitted of the robbery charge for which he was jailed, was captured in Mexico City. Espinosa was found in New Jersey. Espinosa's sentence will be added to the 17 years he was already scheduled to serve for a manslaughter charge.
