Underground prison

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An underground prison is a penitentiary facility located under the surface of the earth. Tunnels and cavities (either natural (caves) or man-made (bunkers)) are strengthened and furbished to form prison cells, hallways, guard rooms, cafeterias, shower rooms, etc. Most underground prisons are located in uninhabited areas such as badlands, deserts or hill sides.

The vast majority of underground prisons are maximum security prisons, though not all of them are military prisons. They may be part of a penal colony, where the most dangerous prisoners are locked and isolated. The only exit of an underground prison is at the surface, and is heavily watched and guarded 24/7. Prisoners are often equipped with tracking necklaces, bracelets or other devices that reports a monitoring station their current positions at all times. Most prisoners serve life imprisonment sentences.

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[edit] Underground prisons in popular culture

Underground prisons appear most often in near-future dystopian science fiction works. Sometimes, the prison might not look like a typical prison at all: some are living colonies isolated from a contaminated outside world (The Island), others are "human farms" where everyone is unconscious and unaware of their state (The Matrix).

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  • The Island (2005): the clones colony
  • The Matrix trilogy (1999-2003): the "human farms", where each human is encased in a liquid-filled pod

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