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Greenland is going to become an American prison in the new series from Syfy, 51st State.

The series, created by Oscar nominee Craig Borten, takes John Carpenter’s Escape from New York/LA idea of a separate prison to a whole new level. According to the official release, “As 51st State unfolds, the United States, confronting a prison population stretched to the limit, purchases Greenland and converts it into a frontier prison colony with male and female convicts incarcerated together.

“Promised conditional freedom, the inmates are driven to the edge of their humanity when that promise, along with others, is broken. Struggling to seize control and exact revenge, reluctant heroes emerge — but what exactly are they fighting for?”

The one hour drama comes from Fox 21 Television Studios. Borten will write the script, and executive produce alongside Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope.