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The Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center on Coruscant

Prisons were holding places for criminals.

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[edit] 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 Geonosian containment field. Obi-Wan Kenobi was once held prisoner by one of those.

The Rakata were able to create a Rakatan mind trap, 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,[1] 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 the smuggler from the heavily guarded prison. Zam got to Fust first 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.[2]

Another Imperial prison was the planet Despayre, which was destroyed by the Death Star's Superlaser as part of a test of its firepower.[3]

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[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
  2. ↑ Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
  3. ↑ Death Star (novel)

[edit] External links

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