trjm lnS ltly l~ l`rby@ bHtrf mystifying air of importance leaving her questioning her own judgment to seal the illusion he masterfully divulged intricate case details painting the convincing portrait of the enigmatic judge ultimately the unsuspecting employee went ahead and modified Stephen's parole bail from nine hundred fifty thousand dollars to forty five thousand dollars now Stephen faced a Race Against Time to procure the remaining forty five thousand dollars quickly knowing that any suspicious movement might catch the Authority's attention hence the failure of the plan Stephen devised a plan to contact a prisoner financing company even though their conditions didn't typically apply to him yet somehow he managed to convince them to pay his bail bending their own policies by imposing certain conditions on prisoners seeking fail the authorities in Harris County Texas soon became aware of Steven's ruse it didn't take long for them to catch on just five days after his Escape unfortunately for Stephen the police and investigators had him under constant surveillance monitoring his cause through these intercepted conversations they were able to pinpoint his location they discovered he had traveled to Florida and narrowed down their search until they realized he was staying at one of the beachfront hotels in West Palm Beach Florida that's where they pounced catching him off guard and arresting him once again after his subsequent trial he was sentenced to 40 years in prison both for embezzlement and his Escape in reality he could have received a lighter sentence but he immediately confessed his guilt and accepted the Judgment without appeal even the prosecutor was taken aback by his quick acceptance as the sentence was quite severe of course Stephen didn't plan on serving the entirety of his sentence even before the trial began he knew he would escape again no matter the circumstances however this time they didn't return him to Harris County Jail instead they transferred him to a Maximum Security Prison in Texas the prison authorities and officials were forewarned about Steven's cunning and potential attempts to deceive them once more they had to keep a Vigilant watch but the prison's supposed impenetrability and heightened security LED them to believe that everything was under control and that it would be impossible for him to escape again on the other side Steven said contemplating observing and devising his new plan needs of his new idea began to form when he noticed the presence of a medical Wing within the prison all the doctors and nurses in this Wing wore green and blue scrubs which bore no resemblance to the prison guard except for the color Steven pondered how he could transform his own clothes into the same shade of green after the laborious task was finally complete he decided to execute his plan in the morning hours on Friday 13th of December 1996. he first put on the freshly dyed green clothes and then he wore the white prison uniform on top he proceeded to have an early breakfast at 4am following breakfast he found a secluded spot within the prison discarded the white prison attire and now only wore green clothes closely resembling the attire of medical professionals similar to his previous Escape he walked confidently toward the guards area Stephen had observed this area for a long time and noticed that every day the female guard spent all morning talking on the phone without paying attention to her surroundings unwavering confidence he approached the guard greeting her from behind the glass and suddenly convincing her to press the button and open the prison door for him and Stephen became a free man once again however he also knew he had to leave the vicinity quickly before his Escape was discovered he decided to approach someone and persuade them to give him a ride to distance himself from the area as quickly as possible he knocked on the door of one of the houses along the road and encountered the homeowner he's claimed to be a doctor who worked at the prison he told the homeowner that he had consumed excessive alcohol crashed his car and didn't want the prison authorities to find out he requested a ride intending to return to his home anyway the man agreed to provide the ride and Steven reached the nearby town where he immediately hailed a taxi he informed the taxi driver that he is a surgeon at the Texas Medical Center in Houston and had been called for an emergency desperately needing to be taken there at maximum speed after reaching the medical center Stephen told the taxi driver to wait for him to bring the money to his Hospital Locker to pay him however Steven went and never came back and so Stephen successfully completed his third Escape leaving the authorities dumbfounded once again determined to bring him to Justice they decided to send a special agent after him this agent's name was Terry Capps Terry was the leader of the Special Operations unit within the prison Administration Stephen's escape from their high security facility for the third time was a real insult to them Terry was determined to restore his organization's reputation and apprehend Stephen once again he knew all too well about Stephen's skills in deception and fraud making it clear that capturing him would not be an easy task Terry formed a specialized task force with a sole focus on Stephen their initial search Led them to the town of Hansville near the prison and its surroundings however Stephen was nowhere near the area as previously mentioned he took a taxi and headed to Houston eventually leaving the entire state of Texas and relocating to Mississippi specifically he made his way to the city of Biloxi as it offered him the opportunity to gamble and get some money Terry and his team were working tirelessly to track him down they managed to identify an individual who had been in contact with Stephen in recent days and finally they revealed that he is in Biloxi Mississippi immediately Terry contacted the Marshal or Sheriff of the city and he sent them pictures of Stephen astonishingly Steven's arrest did not take long the Marshall himself stumbled upon him on the street by chance recognizing him from the photo that Terry sent him imagine that of all the places in the city and all the people he could have encountered he found himself face to face with the Marshall holding his picture nonetheless for the third time he was apprehended and sent back to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice serving his sentence once again this time they added an extra five years to his term making it 45 years in total with no possibility of parole the earliest chance he could potentially receive parole would be after a minimum of 11 years of course Steven knew for sure that it was impossible to settle until he found a new way to escape this time the surveillance on him would be intense making it almost impossible however this time Stephen devised a crazy Escape Plan in every sense of the word this plan would not only require trust but also immense effort even came up with this plan after researching the conditions for parole and discovering a potential to full the loophole he found was a special system that granted parole to inmates suffering from chronic and severe illnesses so he