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In 1988, the crime rate in the United States
rises four hundred percent.
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The once great city of New York
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becomes the one maximum security prison
for the entire country.
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A 50-foot wall is erected
along the New Jersey shoreline,
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across the Harlem River
and along the Brooklyn shoreline.
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It completely surrounds Manhattan Island.
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All bridges and waterways are mined.
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The United States Police Force,
like an army,
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is encamped around the island.
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There are no guards inside the prison,
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only prisoners
and the worlds they have made.
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The rules are simple -
once you go in, you don't come out.
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This is Gotham Four.
I have an escape in progress.
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An object at midbay moving toward the wall.