'Bosco': Peacock's biographical drama sheds light on Quawntay Adams' ingenious prison break story
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Written and directed by Nicholas Manuel Pino, 'Bosco' is all set to hit Peacock on February 4, 2024. 'Bosco' falls under the genre of biographical drama, drawing inspiration from Quawntay Adams' book 'Chasin Freedum'.
Given that 'Bosco' is a biographical drama, it undoubtedly unfolds a narrative grounded in real events, particularly highlighting the story of Quawntay "Bosco" Adams, who faced a 35-year sentence for attempted possession of marijuana.
The more you discover about his story, the more engrossing 'Bosco' becomes.
Who is Quawntay Adams?
According to the Los Angeles Wave's report on Quawntay Adams, he grew up between Los Angeles’ Compton and Long Beach and dropped out of school sometime in the eighth grade.
At the age of 14, Adams was already a ward of the California Youth Authority for selling marijuana, following which he was also sentenced to serve time at the St. Clair County Jail in Belleville, Illinois, which is where he tried to escape from twice, but was caught both times.
How did Quawntay Adams escape?
The movie 'Bosco' is set to focus on how Quawntay Adams escaped from a Federal maximum-security prison, despite being under 24-hour surveillance in solitary confinement. After his two attempted escapes, the aforementioned report stated, "Adams was sentenced to 35 years for drug trafficking and money laundering."
Following that, he was transferred to the Alton City Jail, a maximum security prison in Alton, Illinois. As Adams made the move to the prison, he took note of every little detail, which would later help him escape. He was watched by guards 24 hours a day, stated the report.
Adams reportedly used a blade and secretly smuggled hacksaws and soon began to cut through a steel roof in the ceiling over the toilet which he allegedly covered up with soap and toothpaste to hide, but this was only one part of the plan.
The second part of Adams' plan reportedly involved a single and lonely woman who became his pen pal and helped him in this escape. However, this prison break barely lasted a few hours before he was handcuffed and brought back to the prison.
According to the report, Adams was labeled as "a self-taught jailhouse lawyer,” and in 2020, he discovered a loophole in the law that would change his own story, and so it did after serving 16 years and six months in prison.
Where is Quawntay Adams now?
Quawntay Adams changed his life for the better after serving close to two decades in prison. Adams is now a motivational speaker, the CEO of Jailhouse Publishing, and is also on the board of the I CAN Youth Foundation.
And now, Adams is producing the biographical drama, 'Bosco,' based on his own life.
