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* Impel Down in ''OnePiece''. The prison is built from the seafloor ''up'', which means the only exit is also the entrance. It is also surrounded entirely by water. Since most of the powerful pirates in the series get their strength from Devil Fruit, this automatically places SuperDrowningSkills onto them. In addition, the only way to easily get there is past one of two highly-guarded government fortresses and across a stretch of water infested with whirlpools and sea monsters, unless you are a Marine or government worker deemed important enough, in which case the way is opened. It has six levels, each progressively worse than the last to house progressively dangerous criminals, and is filled with things just waiting to kill the unlucky prisoners, including the staff.
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* Impel Down in ''OnePiece''.''OnePiece'', seen above as the page picture. The prison is built from the seafloor ''up'', which means the only exit is also the entrance. It is also surrounded entirely by water. Since most of the powerful pirates in the series get their strength from Devil Fruit, this automatically places SuperDrowningSkills onto them. In addition, the only way to easily get there is past one of two highly-guarded government fortresses and across a stretch of water infested with whirlpools and sea monsters, unless you are a Marine or government worker deemed important enough, in which case the way is opened. It has six levels, each progressively worse than the last to house progressively dangerous criminals, and is filled with things just waiting to kill the unlucky prisoners, including the staff.
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** Let's not forget that the prison is surrounded by enourmous, bloodthirsty Sea Monsters known as the "Sea Kings". So, even if you DON'T have a devil fruit power and you DO (somehow) manage to get on the outside, unless you can hi-jack the Sea King repellent Marine ships, swimming is only going to get you ripped to pieces. And besides, Impel Down is in the middle of the ocean, so unless you have Super Swimming skills like [[BadassGrandpa Silver Rayleigh]], you're not going anywhere, anyway
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** Let's not forget that the prison is surrounded by enourmous, bloodthirsty Sea Monsters known as the "Sea Kings". So, even if you DON'T have a devil fruit power and you DO (somehow) manage to get on the outside, unless you can hi-jack the Sea King repellent Marine ships, swimming is only going to get you ripped to pieces. And besides, Impel Down is in the middle of the ocean, so unless you have Super Swimming skills like [[BadassGrandpa Silver Rayleigh]], you're not going anywhere, anywayanyway.
** Oh, and of course, you have the Marine ships surrounding the prison- and the Marines of One Piece are oh so very jumpy with their rifles, and shotguns, and pistols, and cannons...
** Oh, and of course, you have the Marine ships surrounding the prison- and the Marines of One Piece are oh so very jumpy with their rifles, and shotguns, and pistols, and cannons...
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** Level Three, where bounties of 50 million and higher are kept, features "Starvation Hell", a vast, dry, perpetually hot desert. There the prisoners are kept weak with precious little food or water.
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** Level Three, where bounties of 50 million and higher are kept, features "Starvation Hell", a vast, dry, perpetually hot desert. There the The prisoners here are kept weak floating in-between life and death with precious little food barely any water or water.food. There are corpses lining some of the cells, similar to level 5.
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** Let's not forget that the prison is surrounded by enourmous, bloodthirsty Sea Monsters known as the "Sea Kings". So, even if you DON'T have a devil fruit power and you DO (somehow) manage to get on the outside, unless you can hi-jack the Sea King repellent Marine ships, swimming is only going to get you ripped to pieces. And besides, Impel Down is in the middle of the ocean, so unless you have Super Swimming skills like [[BadassGrampa Silver Rayleigh]], you're not going anywhere, anyway
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** Let's not forget that the prison is surrounded by enourmous, bloodthirsty Sea Monsters known as the "Sea Kings". So, even if you DON'T have a devil fruit power and you DO (somehow) manage to get on the outside, unless you can hi-jack the Sea King repellent Marine ships, swimming is only going to get you ripped to pieces. And besides, Impel Down is in the middle of the ocean, so unless you have Super Swimming skills like [[BadassGrampa [[BadassGrandpa Silver Rayleigh]], you're not going anywhere, anyway
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** Level Two is called the "Wild Beast Hell" and is patrolled by ravenous creatures that feed off the prisoners kept within if they don't stay in their cells. Such creatures include manticores, basilisks, and a sphinx as the boss.
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** Level Two is called the "Wild Beast Hell" and is patrolled by ravenous creatures that feed off the prisoners kept within if they don't stay in their cells. Such creatures include manticores, basilisks, and a sphinx as the boss. Keep in mind that dozens of them (prisoners) appear to be packed in somewhat small cells, so their only choices are to be killed by the inevitable spread of disease and infection (or Magellan's poison), or run for their life and be hunted down like rats.
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** Let's not forget that the prison is surrounded by enourmous, bloodthirsty Sea Monsters known as the "Sea Kings". So, even if you DON'T have a devil fruit power and you DO (somehow) manage to get on the outside, unless you can hi-jack the Sea King repellent Marine ships, swimming is only going to get you ripped to pieces. And besides, Impel Down is in the middle of the ocean, so unless you have Super Swimming skills like [[BadassGrampa Silver Rayleigh]], you're not going anywhere, anyway
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*** In short, to wax {{laconic}}, the tortures of Impel Down are fire and ice. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And transvestites]].
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* ''Escape from Alcatraz''.
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* ''Escape ''EscapeFromAlcatraz'', a 1979 ClintEastwood movie centering around Frank Morris' and the Anglin brothers' escape from Alcatraz''.the actual Alcatraz Prison.
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Butcher Bay was in fact stationary; there was an entire mining complex attached to it for one thing.
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* Butcher Bay from ''{{The Chronicles of Riddick}}'' is a triple-max security prison facility built on a desert planet. It isn't even stationary, having been built on giant tracks to move around as needed. Of course, Riddick gets out. The second movie, simply called ''The Chronicles of Riddick'', also has Crematoria, where the prisoners stay in their underground prison because the sunrise sets the atmosphere on fire. Of course, Riddick [[OutrunTheFireball outruns it]].
** Butcher Bay's highest security level is especially bad. The prisoners are kept in cryogenic sleep inside vats, and are only awakened for exercise five minutes per day.
** Butcher Bay's highest security level is especially bad. The prisoners are kept in cryogenic sleep inside vats, and are only awakened for exercise five minutes per day.
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* Butcher Bay from ''{{The Chronicles of Riddick}}'' is a triple-max security prison facility built on a barren desert planet. It isn't even stationary, having been built Its highest security level is especially bad; the prisoners are kept in cryogenic sleep inside vats (prolonged contact to which seems to have damaging effects on giant tracks to move around as needed.one's psyche and/or mental abilities), and are only awakened for exercise five minutes per day. Of course, Riddick gets out. The second movie, simply called ''The Chronicles of Riddick'', also has Crematoria, where the prisoners stay in their underground prison because the sunrise sets the atmosphere on fire. Of course, Riddick [[OutrunTheFireball outruns it]]. \n** Butcher Bay's highest security level is especially bad. The prisoners are kept in cryogenic sleep inside vats, and are only awakened for exercise five minutes per day.
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* Tai-Lung's mountain prison in ''{{Kung Fu Panda}}''. He's the only prisoner, is chained to the floor in a deep pit and covered from above by massive crossbows at all times. There're one thousand guards responsible for containing him alone. [[spoiler: He obtains one solitary feather, picks the lock and defeats the defenses in a few minutes.]]
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* Tai-Lung's Chorh-Gom Prison, Tai Lung's mountain prison in ''{{Kung Fu Panda}}''. He's the only prisoner, is chained to the floor in a deep pit pit, wearing a tortoise shell-shaped suit with acupuncture needles that keep him paralyzed, and covered from above by massive crossbows at all times. There're There are one thousand guards responsible for containing him alone. [[spoiler: He obtains one solitary feather, picks the lock and defeats the defenses in a few minutes.]]
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-> You are now the property of Erewhon Prison. A citizen of nowhere. The Geneva Convention is void here; Amnesty International doesn't know we exist. When I say your ass belongs to me, I mean exactly that.
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** It's so impenetrable that it can survive the very end of the universe
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* The Pandorica in ''Doctor Who''. A cube a few metres across, stated by The Doctor to contain the most dangerous being in the Universe and to have multiple locks. When The Doctor comes across it it is being unlocked apparently from within, while many powerful species are gathered around it. [[spoiler: When it finally opens, the Pandorica is empty, as it is revealed that the most dangerous being in the Universe is The Doctor himself, who is then imprisoned in it. His future self breaks him out.]] Interestingly, despite the claimed security of its locks, they are easily opened by a sonic screwdriver.
** The idea was nothing could get ''out''. The creators didn't think about someone getting ''in''.
** The idea was nothing could get ''out''. The creators didn't think about someone getting ''in''.
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* The Pandorica in ''Doctor Who''. A cube a few metres across, stated by The Doctor to contain the most dangerous being in the Universe and to have multiple locks. When The Doctor comes across it it is being unlocked apparently from within, while many powerful species are gathered around it. [[spoiler: When it finally opens, the Pandorica is empty, as it is revealed that the most dangerous being in the Universe is The Doctor himself, who is then imprisoned in it. His future self breaks him out.]] Interestingly, despite the claimed security of its locks, they are easily opened by a sonic screwdriver.
** The idea was nothing could get ''out''. The creators didn't think about someone getting ''in''.screwdriver. [[spoiler: It's actually a set up by all of the Doctor's greatest enemies, working together to trap him forever.]]
** The idea was nothing could get ''out''. The creators didn't think about someone getting ''in''.
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* The setting of MazinkaiserSKL is an island prison where three armies (well, really only two--Aira's Octagon faction is a peaceful CrystalSpiresAndTogas AmazonBrigade land implied to be the leftovers of a third, more violent faction) are kept contained by a gravity field. The Octagon, the MadMax-esque Kiba faction and the feudal Galan faction all have a component of the field's generator. Unfortunately, the field is about to break and [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the world...]]
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* Corregidor in ''TabletopGames/{{Infinity}}''.
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* Corregidor in ''TabletopGames/{{Infinity}}''.''{{Infinity}}''.
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* Corregidor in ''{{Infinity}}''.
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* Corregidor in ''{{Infinity}}''.''TabletopGames/{{Infinity}}''.
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**Let us expand on this. First off, one must go through a lengthy tunnel before arriving on a cliff. From the cliff hangs the Prison, shaped like a Beehive, under which is a forest of razor sharp grass, not unlike Impel Down's Crimson Hell. To enter the prison, one must endure multiple checkpoints with 1 kilometer long bridges to bar the way, with Grade A execution beasts waiting on the sidelines. Beasts that make One Piece wildlife look like complete and utter wusses, from there you reach the reception desk, a room surrounded by at least a dozen more Execution beasts, with a chamber where many more are kept right below the floor. From there you've reached the cells.
**The First Level is the Appetizer course, which has been described already, but let's look at the others. The Second Level aka Soup Course involves edible, yet disgustingly smelly and bad tasting food, after that comes physical harm. With Fish, comes actual starvation, with the Meat dish, dehydration. People hardy enough to stand all that are then kept in Solitary Confinement with the Main Course, but then comes the Salads, Desserts, and Drinks. Respectively, those lead to being sliced up by knives, boiled alive, then finally seared with flame, before they drop your carcass over into the Death Season Forest, home to razor sharp trees and grass where the Shrike would feel at home. Of course, none of this is without the regular executions like quartering.
** Oh, and yes, Death Season Forest had its name for a reason. You see, every fall comes with a cloud of fog that just happens to be toxic enough that three seconds of exposure will stop your heart, with winter comes blizzards of -200 Celcius and freezing winds that rip up the razor blade like grass of the Forest. During Summer, the forest floor disappears under a carpet of lava, and the surface temperature spikes to a degree where being close will give you burns. Finally, there is spring, a relatively 'easy' season where all you have to worry about are hordes of Monsters with a capture level average of 60. Oh, and keep in mind that a Level 5 creature is more than capable of tearing apart modern tanks with their bare hands. So, have fun!
**The First Level is the Appetizer course, which has been described already, but let's look at the others. The Second Level aka Soup Course involves edible, yet disgustingly smelly and bad tasting food, after that comes physical harm. With Fish, comes actual starvation, with the Meat dish, dehydration. People hardy enough to stand all that are then kept in Solitary Confinement with the Main Course, but then comes the Salads, Desserts, and Drinks. Respectively, those lead to being sliced up by knives, boiled alive, then finally seared with flame, before they drop your carcass over into the Death Season Forest, home to razor sharp trees and grass where the Shrike would feel at home. Of course, none of this is without the regular executions like quartering.
** Oh, and yes, Death Season Forest had its name for a reason. You see, every fall comes with a cloud of fog that just happens to be toxic enough that three seconds of exposure will stop your heart, with winter comes blizzards of -200 Celcius and freezing winds that rip up the razor blade like grass of the Forest. During Summer, the forest floor disappears under a carpet of lava, and the surface temperature spikes to a degree where being close will give you burns. Finally, there is spring, a relatively 'easy' season where all you have to worry about are hordes of Monsters with a capture level average of 60. Oh, and keep in mind that a Level 5 creature is more than capable of tearing apart modern tanks with their bare hands. So, have fun!
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* {{Toriko}} gives us THREE. Sky Prison, the Undersea Prison and, the biggest, Honey Prison. Only Honey Prison has been shown in detail. Do not let the name fool you, Honey Prison is a nightmare, very reminiscent of the aforementioned Impel Down. Amoung other things, the prison lies above a forest of vicious monsters that will destroy anything that moves, "Execution Beasts" guard the inside, all of whom are controlled by the warden, and prisoners are served food with their favourite parts of them removed (In the Toriko universe, this is FAR worse than it sounds). That's the first level. The other levels get progressively worse, with the final few levels being execution zones.
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** Bartemius "Barty" Crouch, Junior also broke out of Azkaban. In this case, his dying mother switched place with him, and the blind Dementors only sensed one person coming in, one coming out.
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** Bartemius "Barty" Crouch, Junior also broke out of Azkaban. In this case, his dying mother switched place places with him, and the blind Dementors only sensed one person coming in, one coming going out.
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* The titular prison in ''The Omega Cage'' by Steve Perry and Michael Reaves.
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* During World War II, Nazi concentration camps were, of course, heavily guarded, both to keep people in and to keep people out. They had armed guards, attack dogs, and many, if not all, were surrounded by mine fields. However, prisoners of the Sobibor extermination camp staged a revolt and fled the camp. (this was one of the few successful revolts by prisoners in the concentration camps) Some died in the mine fields and others were shot down by guards before they could escape into the surrounding forest. Some were recaptured by the Nazis soon after they escaped. However, some did survive to tell their tale.
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* ''X-Men Noir: Mark of Cain'' has Genosha Bay. It's on an island, next to a military base. Prisoners aren't allowed contact with one another or the outside world, and only get out of their cells for one hour of daily exercise, weather permitting. When Thomas Halloway, the Angel, gets out of his cell and spooks the warden, Professor Xavier catches him. Thomas manages to escape after about a week of sleep deprivation torture, and at the end of the series [[spoiler:he's about to spring his buddies Captain Logan and Eugene.]]
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* Bargate Prison in the ''{{Fable}}'' games, which you have to escape from after being captured in the first. Then there's the Spire in the second game, where you've been as a guard for ten years trying to rescue a character. You then fight your way past legions of guards and sail a ship out of the Spire back to the mainland.
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* In the [[VorkosiganSaga Miles Vorkosigan]] story ''Borders of Infinity'' Miles breaks over 10,000 prisoners out of the "escape proof" Dagoola IV Top Security Prison Camp #3.
** [[spoiler: It ''was'' escape-proof... just not rescue-proof. Miles plans ahead. Of course, his original plan called for a ''two''-prisoner rescue, but when that goes south, well, for Miles, Plan B is ''always'' RefugeInAudacity...]]
** [[spoiler: It ''was'' escape-proof... just not rescue-proof. Miles plans ahead. Of course, his original plan called for a ''two''-prisoner rescue, but when that goes south, well, for Miles, Plan B is ''always'' RefugeInAudacity...]]
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* In the [[VorkosiganSaga Miles Vorkosigan]] story ''Borders of Infinity'' Miles breaks over 10,000 prisoners out of has to organize an escape from the "escape proof" Dagoola IV Top Security Prison Camp #3.
#3. The "camp" is a masterpiece of psychological warfare, quite possibly the most terrifying prison in existence while still meeting the future equivalent of the Geneva Conventions. It's just a giant dome over an open space on a remote planet, with no resources, no buildings and '''no guards''', just ten thousand prisoners. The captors drop the legally required amount of food in a huge pile out in the open, ensuring that prisoners riot and fight to get it. Pretty soon, most of the prisoners are all in armed tribes too busy fighting each other over supplies to organize an escape, and the rest are too starved or demoralized to do anything. Miles is sent to enact a two-prisoner rescue, [[IndyPloy but circumstances change]]...
** [[spoiler: It ''was'' escape-proof... just not rescue-proof. Miles plans ahead.Of course, his original plan called for a ''two''-prisoner rescue, but when that goes south, well, for For Miles, Plan B is ''always'' RefugeInAudacity...RefugeInAudacity, so instead of rescuing two prisoners, he rescues ''all of them''.]]
** [[spoiler: It ''was'' escape-proof... just not rescue-proof. Miles plans ahead.
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* Would Australia count? It was a penal (prison) colony for Britain for the greater part of the 19th century. Considering also EverythingIsTryingToKillYou in the continent as well, on land or at sea.
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* The title prison in the Escape From Furnace series by Alexander Gordon Smith, a hellhole where [[BodyHorror skinless mutant dogs, humongous sociopathic guards known as 'Blacksuits', and 'wheezers', humanoid things with gas masks sewn into their faces]] roam. The reallly, really, horrible part of it is that Furnace Penitentiary is for kids and kids only, ''for the rest of their lives''. Or maybe the really horrible part is that the wheezers randomly abduct kids and take them to who-knows-where. There is nothing comedic about it.
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* ''Rainbow Islands'', a sequel to ''BubbleBobble'' features [[spoiler:eleven victims who've been [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting transformed into bubble dragons]] and locked in small individual cells atop a mountain on an island that has been ''fully underwater'' (before it rose to the surface) with no hope of escape... unless Bub can reach them and not [[ItsAWonderfulFailure suffer that fate himself.]]]]
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* ''Rainbow Islands'', a sequel to ''BubbleBobble'' features [[spoiler:eleven victims who've been [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting [[BalefulPolymorph transformed into bubble dragons]] and locked in small individual cells atop a mountain on an island that has been ''fully underwater'' (before it rose to the surface) with no hope of escape... unless Bub can reach them and not [[ItsAWonderfulFailure suffer that fate himself.]]]]
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*** Arguably moreso than the others, as he definitely did ''survive'' his escape.
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*** Or, perhaps, the importance of ''not telling anyone'' that Mouse had escaped, in hope that the incident can be covered up.
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** The three escapees from Escape From Alcatraz almost certainly died. The next most successful escape attempt was a man (John K Giles - a pretty awesome guy in his own right) who stole an Army uniform, snuck onto an Army laundry boat, and took it to Angel Island (another island in San Francisco Bay) where he was immediately apprehended. It says something that this is considered successful.
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** In ''Seven Ancient Wonders'', the heroes break a guy out of Guantanamo Bay in a surprisingly straightforward plan. Notably, it involves landing a 747 on the facility's golf course as a diversion.
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* The {{Gothic}} game series features one in the first game mixed with PenalColony. The prison is the magic barrier that surrounds the penal colony, but inside the colony you can do whatever you want. However, in keeping with the trope, the barrier makes escape pretty much impossible, and the whole point of the game is try and find a way past the magic walls.
