History Main / GirlsBehindBars

* ''CoronationStreet'' has Fizz falsely in jail for murders committed by her husband John Stape.

* ''Series/BurnNotice'' does a fairly realistic depiction when [[spoiler: Fiona]] goes to prison for awhile. While there, she has to fight the most dominant member of the prison and has to adapt to the harsh conditions. [[ActionGirl Of course, she does pretty well under the circumstances....]]. It should be noted that Fi as always been portrayed as a full fledged action girl, quite self-reliant, self confident, independent, and succesfull in pretty much every aspect of her life, both before, and after michael showed up in Miami, yet when he visits her in prision she has an emotional breakdown, and michael later informs his mother when asked, that she is eating very little, and is ''quite'' scared. this is all shown withouth a trace of {{chickification}}.

* ''Caged,'' a 50's film that is considered a classic example of women in prison.

* In ''Film/{{Suffragette}}'' the protagonists are imprisoned for ... taking part in a demonstration for women's voting rights. Which law exactly forbids this is not clear, and they are also not treated as political prisoners, but as common criminals, and forced to strip and change into prison clothes, an additional humiliation designed to discourage them from standing up for their rights. The prison is not depicted as comfy, but realistically depicted as the horrid place a women's prison of that era would be - grey, cold cells, bad food, sadistic guards, and fellow prisoners who are too overworked and underfed to even think of violence, most of whom are in for nonviolent crimes, anyway. When the protagonist goes on hunger strike, she's force-fed, in a way that looks like torture. Which is probably what is is intended as, as the reason it is done is because the government doesn't want the women's rights movement to have a martyr. The only ''nice'' thing about the protagonist's stay in prison is the fact that she's given flowers and a medal by fellow suffragists when she's finally released and walks out of the prison door.

* In the first book of the ''Literature/{{Birthright}}'' trilogy, ''All These Things I've Done'', Anya Balanchine, the anti-heroine, spends some time in a female correctional facility. She's a mafiosa and murder suspect, though ironically, at the time of her imprisonment, she hasn't actually done anything yet. Unusual to the trope, the correctional facility Anya is sent to is more akin to male depictions of prison, unglamorous, with ruthless occupants, abusive wardens, and desperation to leave.

* In the first book of the ''Literature/Birthright'' trilogy, ''All These Things I've Done'', Anya Balanchine, the anti-heroine, spends some time in a female correctional facility. She's a mafiosa and murder suspect, though ironically, at the time of her imprisonment, she hasn't actually done anything yet. Unusual to the trope, the correctional facility Anya is sent to is more akin to male depictions of prison, unglamorous, with ruthless occupants, abusive wardens, and desperation to leave.

* ''AdventureComics'' #394 features a [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] story with {{Supergirl}} in an alien women's prison. The story isn't really that good; however, and the comic is best remembered for [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhz6xBUsP1qbujox.jpg its cover]] with the laughter inducing tagline "Heartbreak Prison! Where Every Girl's A Lifer!"

* In one multi-part episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', Sam and the other patrons uncovered Robin's plot to enact a hostile takeover of his company, using Rebecca as a pawn; in one scene, Sam had was discussing what to do about it with the others, mentioning that Rebecca wouldn't last long in a women's prison, the conversation quickly turning into a FetishFuelFantasy discussion between them on what she might ''wear'' if incarcerated. (They did this ''a lot'', actually.)

* Happens to MsTree in the "Prisoner in Cell Block Hell" storyline. Despite the general realism of the series, this arc does include the obligatory shower scene and a fight with the AlphaBitch of the cell block.

* Homaged in the ''HackSlash'' story "Interdimensional Women's Prison Breakout", with [[http://hackslashinc.com/1/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hack_slash_11_a_web_72.jpg obligatory]] SexyPackaging.

* ''Film/JoshuuSasori'' (FemalePrisonerScorpion), a Japanese women's prison movie that sparked a series of sequels and copycats. Thing is, the prison in question is full of feuding, scheming inmates and the whole film is a deconstruction of the genre, shot through with sadistic torment and unexpected surrealism. The only person who behaves like the stereotypical sexpot prisoner is an undercover warden with zero in-story credibility.

* ''{{Lexx}}'' had an episode where Xev went to prison, complete with a shower scene.

* Averted in ''LastRes0rt'' -- There are plenty of female contestants, and yes, the show is in a prison, so while there ARE Girls Behind Bars, it's a relatively calm co-ed prison environment and the closest we get to a ShowerScene is one panel of Daisy from the shoulders up.

* WOW's {{spiritual successor}}s CRUSH and Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}} featured a wrestler known as Felony (Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa in the former, indie wrestler Rain [[TheOtherDarrin in the latter]]). The gimmick was apparently allowed to wrestle on work release. She had to be led to the ring in handcuffs by her parole officer and a RunningGag would be her trying to escape from him whenever she got the chance.

* ''MutantX'', "The Taking Of Crows"

* The comedy-oriented [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNkxGLp3Up3vAg3XEBSeX1Q/videos Doris & Mary-Anne Are Breaking Out of Prison]], set in the year 1922.

* In the ''Series/{{CSI}}'' episode "XX", the CSI team investigate a murder inside a women's prison. However, the episode is devoid of most the tropes associated with women's prisons and shows it as a brital and dangerous place to be.

* Happens to MsTree in the "Prisoner in Cell Block Hell" storyline.

* ComicBook/BitchPlanet is all about this, set in a PenalColony on a prison planet for Non-Compliant women.

* Not the case in Film/MadeaGoesToJail, to Big Sal's (initial) chagrin and Madea's relief regarding [[AxCrazy Tee Tee]].

* In the ''Series/{{CSI}}'' episode "XX", the CSI team investigate a murder inside a women's prison.

* In ''Ben10,'' the porno version is naturally not an option, so when Gwen gets thrown in jail after Charmcaster forced a body-switch with her, a jail for girls looks a lot like... jail! Or rather, [[CardboardPrison jail in a superhero show]]. She busts out rather easily, but it helps when you're in a mundane jail and have the body of a magic-wielding supervillain.

* WOW's {{spiritual successor}}s CRUSH and Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}} featured a gimmick called Felony (Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa in the former, indie wrestler Rain [[TheOtherDarrin in the latter]]) who was apparently allowed to wrestle on work release. She had to be led to the ring in handcuffs by her parole officer and a RunningGag would be her trying to escape from him whenever she got the chance.

* WOW's {{spiritual successor}}s CRUSH and Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}} featured a gimmick called Felony (Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa in the former, indie wrestler Rain [[TheOtherDaren in the latter]]) who was apparently allowed to wrestle on work release. She had to be led to the ring in handcuffs by her parole officer and a RunningGag would be her trying to escape from him whenever she got the chance.

* WOW's {{spiritual successor}}s CRUSH and Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}} featured a gimmick called Felony (Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa in the former, indie wrestler Rain [[TheOtherDarin in the latter]]) who was apparently allowed to wrestle on work release. She had to be led to the ring in handcuffs by her parole officer and a RunningGag would be her trying to escape from him whenever she got the chance.

* WOW's SpiritualSuccessor ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}}'' featured a character called Felony (played by indie wrestler Rain) who was apparently allowed to wrestle on work release. She had to be led to the ring in handcuffs by her parole officer and a RunningGag would be her trying to escape from him whenever she got the chance.

* The entire premise of the {{dramedy}} series ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', notable for being a weird mix of racial and sexual stereotypes with much more realistic elements about life in prison. But the violence element is notably absent.