the old locks and lack of guards in the palace of corrective detention indicate ht prisoners never tried to escape , why not?

Several aspects of Equality 7-2521's imprisonment hint at the brainwashed nature of his society. The narrator escapes because no one else would have the originality necessary to even think of escape.

More than one aspect of Equality 7-2521's punishments show that the brainwashed nature of his society. He escapes beacuse no one else would orginally think it was necessary to escape.