Luxury Prison Suite: Difference between revisions

* When [[The Joker]] had his own short-lived series during the 1970s, he somehow had a miniature hide-out constructed beneath his cell in Arkham Asylum.

* The alternate continuity ''[[Punisher]]'' series, published under the ''Max'' imprint, subverts this in the storyline ''The Cell'. The five that fired the bullets that killed Frank's family are all in the same large cell in Riker's. It looks like any old regular cell, but the narration reveals that they can get whatever the hell they want (except women) and the guards will look the other way. It's implied they could just outright leave if they wanted to. Frank doesn't let them.

* ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' often parodies the kind of prisons white collar criminals and celebrities get sent to.

* Spider-Man and Daredevil villain Hammerhead has one of these in a recent ''[[Daredevil]]'' arc.

* In ''[[Skyrim]]'', Sibbi Black-briar is given an eight month sentence in a luxurious "cell"—an actual bed, gourmet food, etc. -- for committing ''murder''. This is thanks to his mother Maven being one of the most influential and powerful people in Skyrim. And he still has the gall to complain.

* During the introduction of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', Shepard half-jokes that being detained isn't so bad "once you get used to the hot food and soft beds." What little we see of Shepard's cell features floor-to-ceiling windows looking out on the city, and since nobody bats an eyelash at Shepard walking around unrestrained, we can assume s/he's been given freedom to move about.

 

== Web Original ==

** Possibly the most unfair example is [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-056 SCP-056]; despite having murdered 17 SCP operatives and dozens of civilians while resisting their attempt to contain her (though they ultimately did) and despite being incredibly rude to the researchers and staff, she is given anything she wants other than weapons, communication devices, and internet, and her cell has things like a king-size waterbed, Jacuzzi, plus any food or entertainment she desires. The reason for this is simple - what makes her dangerous is the fact that [[Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better|Anything They Can Do, She Can Do Better]], literally. If she were to be punished, disciplined, or held with hard-restraints, she'd quickly adjust and be able to do it better than they could, assuring she would escape her cell with thoughts of bloody revenge on her mind...

** [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-953 SCP-953] is another SCP who does not deserve it, as she has brutally murdered 10 Foundation operatives, dozens of civilians, and in one case, used her abilities of mind control to [[Moral Event Horizon| force a woman to murder, cook, and eat her own child]]. She is treated well out of necessity, as every time she escapes (as she has done seven times) she has brutally murdered any operative who abused her but spared anyone who showed kindness or generosity. If she behaves, her bed is regularly changed with clean sheets, she is allowed to have books, and given plumb wine and raw liver (''beef'' liver, not the human liver she prefers, but better than what most Keter-class SCPs are given). If she does ''not'' behave, however, her accommodations can be changed to iron shackles and prison gruel at a moment's notice - this system can at least dissuade her from acts of violence for ''a while'' at least.

 

== Western Animation ==

** In the episode "Where There's Smoke", Volcana was spared a regular prison and instead isolated on an island, where Superman brought her supplies (this was both for extenuating circumstances and for the protection of other inmates, given her powers); it seemed a tropical paradise, so long as she stayed put, but she clearly did not. She was later seen fighting Supergirl, and later sent to a high-security section of Stryker's Island Penitentiary.

** The Ultrahumanite has one of these in ''[[Justice League]]'', albeit a relatively small one. Gourmet food, classical music, TV, books, he has to be heavily bribed by Lex to even consider escaping. {{spoiler| And then he agrees to betray Lex and go back anyway in return for Batman doubling Luthor's price... in the form of a charitable "generous donation" to his favorite classical music television channel in the Humanite's name. [[Viewers Like You|The channel even thanks him for it on air]].}}

* In an episode of ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'', the team finds themselves in Ghostworld, where they are caught by the [[Evil Counterpart| People Busters]] and jailed in a human-holding containment unit; the [[Hammerspace]] interior resembles a peaceful, idyllic meadow. One could fathom thus that ''their'' containment unit is a nice place for ghosts, seeing as Ghost World is a dark mirror image of Earth.

** The heroes themselves seem to believe this; in one episode, they encounter a ghost who has been woken up from its eternal slumber, and simply ''cannot stand'' noise. They quickly determine it would be happy in the containment unit, as it's pretty quiet in there. Of course, it's hard to negotiate with a ghost when even the sound of ''talking'' makes it angry...

* Despite having the reputation of a [[Tailor-Made Prison]], the famous Bastille in the pre-Revolutionary France was actually designed to be a prison made of this trope. It was next to impossible to escape, and the inmates' identities were a carefully guarded secret, but most of them were political prisoners and noblemen who had caused embarrassment to someone of higher status, most of whom could expect to be released when their families paid the right people. Some even arose to high positions in the government after their release, so the wardens were extra careful on how to treat prisoners who could one day become their immediate superiors.

* Brazilian former Judge Nicolau dos Santos Neto, who was arrested and convicted for embezzling funds from the building of a courtroom, is occasionally transferred from prison to house arrest on the pretence of treating a depression case.

 

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