This is based off of my conclusions from watching Narcos. The narcotraffickers in Colombia were terrified of being extradited to the US because they knew they would never be able to break out of prison, whereas they were certain that they could strong arm their way out of any Colombian corrections facilities. Their methods in Colombia were to either use political corruption or intimidate corrections officers with severe consequences.
Why did the narcos believe that they would not have been able to use those methods in the US? Basically, I’m trying to understand why the US corrections system is seemingly more secure and capable of maintaining drug traffickers in custody compared to Colombia.
A US prison guard, if they were to help a prisoner escape, would themselves be hunted down as a criminal.
It does happen in municipal or state jails/prisons, and the jailers that helped are captured and charged. Here’s one example