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* In the Australian novel ''Underground'', Leo James ends up imprisoned in the abandoned [[wikipedia:Parliament House, Canberra#The House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], and despite being periodically tortured by American agents, he finds it quite comfortable: he has the pick of all the furniture to sleep on, access to the member's lounge and toilets, and just about anything the evacuated members left behind.
* In Philip Pullman's ''[[His Dark Materials]]'', this is the fate of Lord Asriel. He was banished to the North for causing political distress, but was allowed to contract the construction of his own cabin including ''glass windows'' (which were very expensive at that time). He even managed to continue the experiments that got him banished in the first place by having materials and equipment smuggled in.
* IOne believeauthor it was(possibly Fredric Brown who) wrote a short story about a tourist arriving on a distant planet whoand accidentlyaccidentally killskilling a local. Told that becauseBecause the locals enjoy a very long lifespan, the penalty for murder, even accidental murder, is death at dawn the next morning, he- despairs.until Underthen, the law hetourist is to be housed overnight in a magnificent 100 -room mansion with all manner of luxuries, food, liquor, and even women provided to meet any imagined need of the condemned man for his last night. ThenWhen he asks how long he has to enjoy all this., Hethe isanswer toldis that a full day on this planet equates to "only" about 120 earthEarth years, so he only has about 60 years to live; (Apparently planetary rotation is very slow). Asas the story ends, he wonders out loud if he'll make it.
* In ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'', Hell itself has a place like this for the Good Pagans, mortals who committed no real sin but were born before Christ or died unbaptized (which was a big thing in Catholicism at the time). Basically, the place is a beautiful meadow where the only unpleasant part is lack of Hope and boredom; the occupants discuss philosophy and art via meditation and from each other. Residents include [[Greek Mythology|Electra]], [[The Iliad|Hector]], [[Ovid]], [[Homer]], [https[w://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace |Horace]], and [https[w://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucan |Lucan]], and of course, [[Virgil]], the historical figures- beingall writers Dante admired. [[Julius Caesar]] is depicted as ruling the place from a magnificent throne; he was a ruler Dante revered, and is thus given a position Dante feels he deserved. Virgil claims than residents here can and have be admitted to Heaven eventually, former residents including [[The Bible|Adam, Abraham, Moses, Abel, Noah, David, and Rachel]], among more obscure Biblical figures.
* In ''[[Vigor Mortis]]'', after Jelisaveta becomes an inquisitor, her first assignment is to work at a correctional facility. There are a few key differences between this facility and what we think of when we thinkas "prison" (at least for most prisoners).: The goal isn't to punish the inmates, it's to "rehabilitate" them, (though as of this writing (novemberNovember 12th, 2021) it's not yet clear if this means have the must inmates be helpful to society, inor general or if it actually specifically means the inmates serving the organization that had them imprisoned). Jelisaveta was surprised by howthe comfy the conditions the inmates were kept in. Of- of course, the more dangerous the inmate, the less comforts they can be're offered comforts (like privacy).
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