DoubleJ, I hear you. I just don't care. Everyone has a price, and CO's are how the majority of contraband comes in. Also, I know everyone is trying to escape and prisons are geared to stop it. That wouldn't hinder my effort one tiny bit. If I failed, but died chewing a CO's head off at the neck, so be it.
I would absolutely get out or die trying, with emphasis placed on taking as many souls with me as possible. Call it Karma.
I also dislike the death penalty for the reason you stated, but I still support it. Some people just don't belong on this somewhat civilized version of Earth. I would make some changes to it tho, like absolutely no circumstantial death cases whatsoever. If it cannot be proved beyond all doubt with concrete evidence, that inmate should live. If you have video of some dick in the act of the crime, fry his ass like a piece of bacon, chop that into lardons, and serve him as garnish to other assholes on death row.
Life is short and hard. I don't have the time or energy to fuck around.