History Main / LuxuryPrisonSuite

** In season 3, Fisk manipulates the FBI into releasing him from prison by convincing them that he's in danger as a result of snitching. They confine him to the penthouse of the Presidential Hotel in east Midtown, which isn't really incarceration seeing as Fisk secretly owns the hotel through a bunch of shell companies. And the 24-hour surveillance the FBI ostensibly have him under means nothing when [[DirtyCop they're all secretly in his back pocket]]. He's also got a war room accessible by a hidden staircase in the bedroom closet, from which Fisk can conduct business with [[TheFixer Felix Manning]] without being noticed. Midway through the season, he's able to leverage the FBI into returning his possessions, allowing him to trade prison jumpsuits for his iconic [[VillainInAWhiteSuit white suits]] from the comics, as well as fully furnish the penthouse and fill it with fine art, making it feel a lot like the Chelsea penthouse he lived in before he was arrested.[[note]]The exteriors of the Presidential Hotel are represented by the Lotte New York Palace in Midtown; the interiors of Fisk's penthouse, however, were filmed on a soundstage in Greenpoint[[/note]] It's lampshaded by Karen when [[Recap/Daredevil2015S3E8UpstairsDownstairs she pays Fisk a visit]] with the intention of provoking him into attacking her.

** In season 3, Fisk is released after agreeing to turn informant for the FBI. He's confined to the penthouse of the Presidential Hotel, which isn't really incarceration since he secretly owns the hotel through a bunch of shell companies. And the 24-hour surveillance the FBI ostensibly have him under means nothing when they are [[DirtyCop secretly in his back pocket]]. He's also got a war room accessible by a hidden staircase in the bedroom closet, from which Fisk can conduct business with Felix Manning without being noticed. The place becomes this even more midway through the season, once he has the penthouse fully furnished and filled with fine art, at which point it really begins to look a lot like his luxury apartment from season 1.[[note]]The exteriors of the Presidential Hotel are represented by the Lotte New York Palace in Midtown; the interiors of Fisk's penthouse, however, were filmed on a soundstage in Greenpoint[[/note]] It's lampshaded by Karen when [[Recap/Daredevil2015S3E8UpstairsDownstairs she pays Fisk a visit]] with the intention of provoking him into attacking her.

* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': Dale the Whale, an antagonist from early in Season 1, reappears in one of these in the Season 2 finale. He has his own very large cell and lives with a certain amount of luxury. This is partly due to his massive wealth and influence and partly due to his massive size; he's too fat to stand, let alone try leaving his cell, due to which the door is left wide open. [[spoiler:All of this was revoked in Season 5 after a failed plot to assassinate the Governor of California and frame Monk for the crime.]]

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* Boss Tweed, an infamously corrupt New York politician, was said to have his own cook and could even come and go as he pleased while in prison.

** In season 3, Fisk is released after agreeing to turn informant for the FBI. He's confined to the penthouse of the Presidential Hotel, which he secretly owns through a bunch of shell companies. The whole time, he is under 24-hour surveillance by the FBI, who are [[DirtyCop secretly in his back pocket]]. The penthouse also has a secret war room accessible by a hidden staircase in the bedroom closet, from which Fisk can hold meetings with Felix Manning without being noticed. The place becomes this even more midway through the season, once he has the penthouse fully furnished and filled with fine art, at which point it really begins to look a lot like his luxury apartment from season 1.[[note]]The exteriors are represented by the Lotte New York Palace in Midtown; the interiors, though, are a set on a soundstage in Greenpoint[[/note]] It's lampshaded by Karen when she visits Fisk with the intention of provoking him into sending Dex after her.

'''Karen Page:''' I suppose this qualifies as hard time?\\

'''Karen Page:''' You mean the times you tried to have me killed.\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' [[BlatantLies Crimes for which I'm still paying]].

** In the ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'' arc, the [[TheMafia Passione]] capo Polpo lives in a cell filled with luxury paintings, a TV, books, and is also well-stocked with food and wine. He even has his own ''deadly weapons'' in there.

* During WWII, after Italy changed side in 1943 and became a "co-belligerent," Italian prisoners of war kept at a camp in northern New Jersey were frequently given weekend passes to stay with Italian families living in Philadelphia. They were no longer prisoners of war because Italy was no longer at war against Allies, but they could not just be released so they were given unusual rights and privileges as, technically, they were no longer " imprisoned."

** Additionally, on the subject of the legal system not being hard enough on their future Fuhrer, when Hitler was on trial it was basically [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity free advertising for his Nazi Party and ideals]] since the case was highly publicized.
** Also for the current world the prison that Hitler served his "confinement" in Landsberg Prison is known for is progressivism and offers a lot of different opportunities and activities for the prisoners to reform themselves, such as baking, welding, carpentry and painting.

* During WWII, Italian prisoners of war kept at a camp in northern New Jersey were frequently given weekend passes to stay with Italian families living in Philadelphia.
** This was true after Italy changed side in 1943 and became a "co-belligerent.". They were no longer prisoners of war because Italy was no longer at war against Allies, but they could not just be released so they were given unusual rights and privileges as, technically, they were no longer " imprisoned."
** In the later periods of WWII, it finally reached a point where German [=POWs=] sent to America experienced a better standard of living than their free comrades back on the front (and in the rest of Germany).

* {{Defied}} in Italy, at least for mob bosses: they are subjected to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_41-bis_prison_regime Article 41-bis prison regime]], that specifically keeps them isolated from other prisoners and the outside and limits their benefits, including and receiving money over a (small) set amount.

[[caption-width-right:320:[[{{Pun}} A room to kill for.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:320:[[{{Pun}} A suite to kill for.]]]]

A big-time crook gets sent away to prison, but the forces of law and order can't sever all their outside connections. The character in question [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney has the wherewithal to bribe the guards]], walk freely through the prison, have their plumbing and bedsheets upgraded, eat caviar in their cell instead of baked beans in the lunchroom, etc. Sometimes, the prisoner may actually have all the resources necessary to escape, staying "imprisoned" because [[PlayAlongPrisoner there's a particular reason to do so]], or because [[MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll they can run their affairs perfectly unhindered from right where they are]]. Or it might be because they actually [[BoxedCrook do something that benefits the authorities.]] Usually occurs with rich crooks; they'll do anything to retain as much as they can of their former big-spending lifestyle.

This is actually TruthInTelevision; notorious felons like UsefulNotes/AlCapone, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, Pol Pot, Pablo Escobar, and UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet were kept under house arrest or housed in very, very nice prison cells (at least until Capone got transferred to [[TheAlcatraz Alcatraz]]). This also happens in cases where the prison is designed to rehabilitate the prisoner into HeelRealization and keep them away from normal people rather than simply punish them, in a forcible aversion of HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook.

* A 2011 Audi commercial features two millionaires trying to break out of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3snyXTNmFm8 a luxury prison.]]

* Oliva in ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'' has his own prison cell decorated like a hotel suite, complete with the finest of liquors and 5-course meals. In exchange, though, [[PoliceAreUseless he helps the police capture crooks]]. Baki himself deconstructs the notion of a luxury prison suite by pointing out for all Oliva boasts that he's the freest man in America and can come and go as he pleases, but he still chooses to live inside a prison precisely ''because'' of the luxury.