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* 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.
* The infamous [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/27/tren-aragua-nino-tocoron-venezuela/ Tocorón prison in Venezuela], due to be [[
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