That tunnel bullshit was so goddamn ****ing absurd.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

They wouldn't have to wake him up, just make sure he's actually there. Also did you forget the part where the judge authorized them to take exceptional measures against him?
How could he know the cells were empty when he was tunneling into them? It's just flat out not possible.

Is some respects, they would have to treat Clyde the same as any other inmate. Prisoners have rights too, and if the guards were waking him up 5 times a night, he'd sue them into oblivion.
As for the tunnels, if he made the entrances look like part of the wall, what are they going to find? The tricky part would be ensuring the cells were empty long enough for him to do that, but as the movie pointed out, that sort of thing was his full-time job. He could get into rooms thousands of miles away to kill people where conventional methods failed.
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You keep talking as if they would treat Clyde the same way they treat all inmates. Obviously they wouldn't, because the other inmates aren't finding some way to kill people outside the prison, while Clyde is. So the fact that they wouldn't check other inmates on a constant basis is meaningless. They would obviously be checking HIS cell on a constant basis since he's an exceptional prisoner who requires exceptional measures.
As for making all the tunnels, the issue isn't time or resources (although it's unlikely that he could know the location of all the cells since you wouldn't be able to find out where the solitary cells are without actually going to see them, and visitors to the prison can't do that) The issue is the notion that he could do all this without anyone noticing. Prisons conduct cell inspections regularly. By sheer law of averages, at least one of those tunnels would be found.

He had 10 years, and virtually unlimited resources to make his tunnels. The most popular movie on this site is about a guy that uses nothing more than a tiny hammer to tunnel out over an even longer period. As for checking his cell, guards don't actually go into peoples cell at night to check on them. They'll walk past, and as we saw, he stuffed his bed to make it look like he was there. He would have been caught out eventually, but this movie was over a period of what, a couple of weeks from when he was arrested?
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I still find it implausible he could dig a tunnel under every cell without anyone noticing no matter how much time he had. And why wouldn't they be checking his cell at night?
Even if they thought he had an accomplice, I'm sure they would still be checking his cell on a constant basis

As others pointed out, he tunnelled to all the cells (which he had 10 years to do), and most of his dirty work was at night when he wouldn't be checked on. The one exception I can think of is the funeral scene, which he only needed to leave his cell for the 5-10 minutes it took to operate the bomb disposal unit via remote. The car bombs were planted at night to detonate shortly after 6am, and he planted the bomb in city hall at night-time. Within the internal logic of the movie, it fits, especially as they thought he had an accomplice and wouldn't require checking on any more than the other prisoners in solitary confinement.
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About El Chapo, yeah he escaped, but he didn't come back to the prison and then leave whenever he felt like it. It's one thing to escape, but to be leaving and coming back on a regular basis is beyond absurd, especially if you are under close scrutiny because you are still killing people behind bars. Even if they aren't allowed to use cameras, I'm sure they would be checking his cell on a constant basis so there is no way he could leave for the time it took to set up the hits.

Blueprints to prisons are not easily found by everyone, but he was not everyone.
I was surfing the web once, and found complete blueprints to m16 assault rifles and ak 47's with measurements and everything. We could argue that could be reverse engineered, I'd agree, but I barely tried, you'd be amazed if you search deep enough how much you can find. This guy also had connections with people off covert ops from earlier in his life, perhaps he gained knowledge of where to search for these kind of things. Never underestimate the resourcefullness of humans if they are extremely motivated.
About the camera thing. As mentioned they didn't think he himself did those acts, but had an accomplice.
I also think basic rights dictate they aren't allowed to videotape someone directly in his cell, as they have privacy rights as well, whether in prison or not.
The whole point in a justice system is to play by rules set in stone, even if they are not moral or work against the righteous. Justice is not merely about doing the most moral thing, but about a system which is transparent and absolute. It's a fatal weakness, but at the same time the only thing which makes it pure and work as is.
It's the same as math, it only works in relation to all the other things. If 8 is sometimes 8 but sometimes 9, it would not work. Calculations everywhere would be wonky, or you'd pay different amount for the same stuff from one moment to the next. There is a reason why these are called "laws" in math. If one guy gets an exception, others will plea as well, there would be chaos and paperwork to the end of time.
On a last notice about him not being noticed. "El Chapo" a REAL WORLD drug baron escaped a maximum security prison for the 2nd time not so long ago. He's is known to be extremely dangerous, yet he succeeds. Yes probably gueards helped him, but you can't deny the reality that he succeeded twice, with a tunnel even. With this guy they are not sure what it's all about and they probably underestimated him. At the last scenes of the movie, they actually had a meeting about transferring him to a much more secure place anyway.

Right, because blueprints to prisons are easy for everyone to find
The Camera wouldn't have to be within reach of him. It could be outside his cell.
Obviously watching a murderer 24/7 isn't normal, but neither is a guy who manages to kill people while he's in prison. Obviously the solution to an exceptional inmate is some exceptional measures. Or they could have just transfered him to a different prison altogether. There were so many obvious solutions to the problem and it was ridiculous that they never considered any of them.'
At the very least, I'm sure guards would be checking his cell at regular intervals (like maybe once every hour) so there is no way he would be able to leave for such long amounts of time without being noticed.

As with any building, it all starts with a blueprint. I'm sure as resourceful a guy as Clyde, he would find them.
Watching one murderer 24/7 is just not a normal thing to do. They were likely cocky and think there's no way he could of been doing anything because they all thought he has an accomplice on the outside so they didn't think it was him doing everything.
He also was able to tap into the cameras so I'm sure if they had a camera on him, he could of easily looped the video to mask his strolls.

How the hell is that possible? There is no way he could tunnel under each one unless he knew where they all were, and he couldn't because you don't get to see the solitary cells as a visitor.
What do you mean "why should they" watch him 24/7? They should do it because he's somehow still managing to kill people . I can't believe I have to explain something this obvious.
If you have a prisoner who is somehow managing to kill people on the outside while in prison, having a guard watch him 24 hours a day or installing a camera in his cell is the obvious solution. That would have immediately solved the problem

You're probably the dumbest guy on imdb. It was specifically stated that Clyde dig tunnels to each solitary cell. There's maybe 4 or 5 of them? His whole plan was based on getting into solitary.
Guards don't monitor solitary cells 24/7. Why should they? It's easy for him to get out inbetween the checks.

It's just a movie. Chill out. If you want a movie that's realistic, go watch a documentary.

I agree with what you say. He would have been on camera 24/7 + guards. And digging in to more than 10/100 cells would just be too idiotic
But we never saw this Chester guy(who dated Sarah) and suddenly he is friends with Nick sent him a mail and found out everything about the unknown properties (bought by "unknown" which clearly was Clyde) for Nick to lay the last pieces of the puzzle. I think that was odd too.. I thought Clyde had hacked Chesters mail and sent Nick some other kind of message or misguiding so he could get him away from the napalm bomb. The Chester role was laid up to be used much better I think, and Sarah and the end too
I agree someone of Clyde's inside buddies should have done the operations for him. Chester would have been a tough choice or annother guy Sarah could have dated for example. Where Chester or this guy worked with Clyde in their early career and was convinced that it would be a small sacrifice to do this once and remove these situations from the future. Maybe a Bruce Willis/Vin Diesel operating the heavy machinery as Clyde's inside man dating Sarah for a while.
I also think that Sarah could have been used as the girl who finally found the answer for how to solve these kind cases as it seemed she was on the right track whilst Nick wasn't. For instance the best HAVE to go to trial with cases like these. Or that it in some way that I am not educated to know yet will give the case the best and highest chance of a fair trial with the right result(witch is stil hard to determine even at this date).
So I see Sarah becomming the legacy and be the saint saving the future's troubled with the help of Clyde clearing the road for her to become a better and more righteous. Nick dying for his mistake and as a symbol of evil (caring more for his succesrate numbers than helping a helpless man who lost everything he had). Maybe something like Nick finds out where Clyde is when he is planting the bomb in another building than The City Hall. They fight and talk (like when he meets with Nick and Det. Dunningan outside the prison door). Bomb goes off, both die and Sarah lives as she was elsewhere. She corrects Nick's and the system's mistakes(easier said than done though..).
She visits Clyde's wife's grave and daughter's. Puts some flowers there and cry as she know why Nick didn't take Clyde's case. Camera goes over the statue on top of the Philadelphia City Hall and out towards the sky.
The End
This would probably make the movie longer and different. The real ending was so bad I can't even describehow much I think it blew!

When Nick and the other cop are investigating the tunnels they specifically state that he had tunneled to every cell in solitary and you can see under multiple cells. Solitary cells are empty much more often than regular ones so they aren't going to get tossed as often. On top of that he was a genius. They showed the secret hatch he used to get into his cell at the end and it was very well hidden. So implausible yes, but not out of line with the rest of the movie.
As for points #2 and #3 though you are correct though. It was absolutely retarded not to have eyes on him 24/7 be it cameras or guards.
Some day you will die somehow and something's gonna to steal your carbon.

But there isn't just one cell for solitary confinement. There are many. So he'd have to have tunnels for each one, all of which are never detected during cell inspections (which prisons conduct on a regular basis).

Points 2 and 3 are true. I actually started another thread about how it would have been better for him to take his action while free and not in prison because there is too much that could go wrong or be a surprise once he's until state control. Any of those factors you mentioned could come true or they could have just kept him somewhere other than the cells he had planned to use.
Point one. I believe the tunnels went to the one wing that housed the solitary confinement which is why he killed his cellmate, so that he'd be moved to that wing where he could exit the prison.
Checkmate!
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