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- "I am taking them…to imprison them. In prison."
- ―K-2SO
A prison, also known as a detention block or a jail, was a place where individuals were incarcerated, including specialized buildings or entire planets. Most galactic governments including the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire and the New Republic maintained prisons to detain criminals, political dissenters or individuals deemed too dangerous to be allowed into society. Some prisons took the form of factories where the prisoners worked during their sentences; this was known as a work camp, penal work camp or a prison factory.
History[]
High Republic era[]
During the High Republic Era the Galactic Republic operated a number of prisons around the galaxy, including the Republic Correctional Facility on the planet Pipyyr,[2] the Citadel on Lola Sayu[3] which was built in 522 BBY[4] with help from the Jedi Order[5] to contain rogue Jedi[3] and a detention center on the Starlight Beacon.[6] At the same time, the Jedi Order had its own highly secure prison inside the Jedi Temple on the capital planet Coruscant, which they used to contain Sith[7] and other Dark-siders.[8]
Clone Wars era[]
With the eruption of the Clone Wars, the combating factions of the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems expanded upon their already existing prison systems to detain newly arrested enemies. The Republic operated a prison specifically for high-status Separatist officers inside the Republic Center for Military Operations[9] as well as the high-security Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center, which was used to detain common criminals.[10] The Jedi Order lost control of the Citadel, which was taken over by the Separatists when they conquered Lola Sayu[3] but at some point during that era[11] they established the Sason Temple[12] which was used to contain a Starweird.[13]
Besides the newly-acquired Citadel, the Confederacy of Independent Systems also operated the space station prisons Starlag XIX and Sunspot, the Unreal City[14] as well as a top-secret detention wing in Dooku's Castle Serenno which he used to keep the Jedi Quinlan Vos.[15]
Imperial Era[]
Following the restructuring of the Republic into the Galactic Empire, the new government inherited many of the Republic's old prisons, including the one on the Center for Military Operations[16] and the Judiciary Detention Center.[17] During the Rebellion era, there were a thousand Imperial prisons in the galaxy[18] including the Spire fortress on the planet Stygeon Prime[19] and the Arrth-Eno Custodial Complex[20] on the capital planet[21] Coruscant.[20] The Death Star had a detention block where Governor Wilhuff Tarkin held Princess Leia Organa until she was rescued by Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Chewbacca.[22] The Empire also maintained a secret prison known as the Crypt on the outer reaches of the Anoat system.[23]
The Empire also maintained a vast number of penal work camps, such as the labor camp[24] on the moon[25] Narkina 5,[24] the Delrian Prison Planet, the Oovo Four detention center[26] -which was guarded by Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft-,[27] the Imperial Detention Center & Labor Camp LEG-817[28] and the Jubilar.[26]
New Republic Era[]
Following the end of the Galactic Civil War, the victorious Alliance to Restore the Republic restructured itself into the New Republic and took over many Imperial facilities including the Delrian prison and Oovo Four. The New republic also operated other facilities such as the Karthon Chop Fields.[29]
The Canto Bight police headquarters was home to the largest jail on Cantonica.[30]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ The High Republic: Cataclysm
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Citadel"
- ↑
The Citadel in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 75 (Guide to the Galaxy: Lola Sayu and the Citadel)
- ↑
"Starlight: First Duty" — Star Wars Insider 201–202
- ↑ Nexus of Power
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑
"The Jedi Who Knew Too Much" Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Deception"
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the death of Aayla Secura to 19 BBY.
- ↑ Doctor Aphra (2020) 33
- ↑ Marvel Comics July 2023 Solicits In Full on Bleeding Cool (archived from the original)
- ↑ Collapse of the Republic
- ↑ Dark Disciple
- ↑
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire — "Devoted"
- ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 67 (Guide to the Galaxy: Coruscant Detention Centre)
- ↑
Star Wars Rebels — "Legacy"
- ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 73 (Guide to the Galaxy: Stygeon Prime – The Spire)
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Star Wars Annual (2015) 1
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ Star Wars: Uprising
- ↑ 24.0 24.1
Andor — "Narkina 5"
- ↑ Andor — "Narkina 5" (Audio description)
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
- ↑ Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Rebel Rising
- ↑
The Mandalorian — "Chapter 14: The Tragedy"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
