Prison/Legends

"Arriving at the prison now."

- HELIOS-3D



Prisons were locations used primarily for the incarceration of criminals.

Types of prisons
Many societies often had prisons often used to place criminals and otherwise in captivity. Cages were a common type of prison. Cages didn't necessarily come in the form of metal bars and rooms but could also come in the form of Force cages, which also served as torture devices.

The Geonosians also had a device called the containment field. Obi-Wan Kenobi was once held prisoner by one of those.

The Rakata were able to create a mind prison, the prisoner's mind would be stripped from his/her body and be locked away within the prison, presumably forever. The only means of escape was into the body of another who had inadvertently become trapped, although this required the consent of both involved as described from a prisoner inside.

There were also planets that were also used as prisons. Planets such as Mytus VII, also known as Stars' End, was known as one of the most dreaded prison planets in the galaxy.

Another notable prison was Desolation Alley on Oovo IV, which held a number of prisoners such as Meeko Ghintee and Bendix Fust. It was also used for Podracing where prisoners would watch as the virtually the only entertainment allowed for them to view. Jango Fett and Zam Wesell both attempted to recover Fust from the heavily guarded prison. Zam got to Fust first and created a prison riot to cover her escape with the prisoner. Jango lost his own ship, Jaster's Legacy in the process and Fett stole a Firespray-class patrolship that he renamed Slave I, and escaped with Wesell to deliver Fust to Sebolto on Malastare, destroying the remaining Firespray's by firing missiles into the hangar where they were kept. The prison riot that covered their escape was eventually suppressed.

During the waning days of the Galactic Republic, Coruscant housed criminals in the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center located in Galactic City, not far from the Senate District.

Possibly the most notable, however, is the prison camp on Kessel which was home to the galaxy's largest spice mining operation. Under Imperial rule, slave labor was in extensive use. Kessel would hold many rebels during the Galactic Civil War such as Wedge Antilles, who would be rescued by Rogue Squadron, as well as the crime lord Tyber Zann for stealing a Sith holocron from the Empire and the Hutt Cartel and would then escape thanks to Urai Fen creating a Prison riot.

Another Imperial prison was the planet Despayre, which was destroyed by the Death Star's Superlaser as part of a test of its firepower.

Among one of the oldest prisons is Belsavis, a super-prison constructed by the Infinite Empire. It contained extremely ferocious prisoners, and was adapted for use by the Galactic Republic during the Great Galactic War. Unfortunately for the Republic in early years of the Cold War the Sith Empire's Imperial Intelligence discovered its location and sent agents into liberate important Imperial prisoners, causing the planet to become a battleground.

Known Prisons

 * Stone Prison
 * Taris Undercity
 * Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center
 * Kessel
 * Despayre
 * Desolation Alley
 * Rakatan Mind prison
 * M'Bardi prison
 * Belsavis
 * Citadel

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic
 * Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars video game
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo
 * The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web
 * Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
 * Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon
 * Death Star
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Splinter of the Mind's Eye
 * Star Wars: X-wing Alliance
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * X-wing: The Bacta War
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge
 * The Courtship of Princess Leia
 * Jedi Search
 * Champions of the Force
 * X-wing: The Bacta War
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge
 * The Courtship of Princess Leia
 * Jedi Search
 * Champions of the Force