Prison

Prison is where ya end up if you break the law. But only if you get caught! Also known as the Big House, the Pokey and many other interesting nicknames, prison is the one place where ain't nobody wanna be. The politically correct term for a prison is 'correctional facility', but who are they kiddin'? Ain't no correctin' going on there. Just a bunch of mean-looking dudes with bad tattoos and even worse attitudes working out in the yard, claiming territory (usually other inmates), and rolling up a newspaper so they can stab you in the eye with it.

In film

 * Captain America II: Death Too Soon: Waterford Prison was a Federal prison located just outside of Portland, Oregon. In 1979, revolutionary terrorist General Miguel assumed the guise of the prison's warden and took control of the facility. He used it as his secret headquarters in which he forced a scientist named Professor Ian Ilson to create a chemical bio-weapon that would accelerate the aging process of organic material. Captain America came to the prison to stop General Miguel and the villain was ultimately done in by his own handiwork.

In television

 * Smallville: On Smallville, billionaire industrialist Lionel Luthor was sent to Kansas State Penitentiary for the murders of Gabe and Chloe Sullivan. While there, he shaved his head, was stabbed in the stomach by another prisoner, and met a man who shared with him a Kryptonian glyph that enabled him to switch minds with Clark Kent.