The aesthetic of Season 3 was a stark departure from the blue-hued, metallic Fox River. Panama was presented in high-contrast yellows and browns—dusty, sweaty, and suffocating. There were no cells with bars; instead, inmates slept in open courtyards or filth-ridden rooms, governed by a ruthless internal hierarchy led by the drug lord Lechero. The Plot: A Role Reversal

Based loosely on the real-life in Brazil, Sona was depicted as a place so violent that the guards had retreated outside the walls, leaving the inmates to govern themselves.

A ruthless Company operative who raised the stakes by holding Sara Tancredi and LJ Burrows hostage.