Desires Prison Life: When a character finds imprisonment appealing in and of itself.

Defeated and Trophified: You lose against them, your opponent keeps you as a living trophy of their victory.

Death Row: A prison cell block consisting of inmates who have been sentenced to death.

Death March: Prisoners are transported on foot in fatal conditions, with death often the intended outcome.

Deadly Environment Prison: A prison where the surrounding area is more dangerous and impassable than any guards or walls.

Cutlery Escape Aid: Using an eating utensil to escape from prison.

Crystal Prison: Imprisoning characters inside of precious stones.

Cryo-Prison: Imprisoning people by freezing them with cryonics.

Conveniently Cellmates: Two characters who know each other end up sharing the same prison cell.

Consulting a Convicted Killer: A detective stops by to interrogate a prison inmate while investigating a crime.

Chained Heat: Two opposing characters are stuck together and must learn how to cooperate.

Cardboard Prison: When inmates are able to escape from jail with absurd ease.

Captured on Purpose: Someone allows themselves to be captured by the enemy as part of a plan.

Captivity Harmonica: Someone plays the harmonica while in jail.

Caged Bird Metaphor: A character is associated with a caged bird to symbolize for their sense of confinement and longing for freedom.

Bunker Woman: A woman is kidnapped and held in a contained location.

Brig Ball Bouncing: A prisoner passes the time by bouncing a ball against the wall of their cell.

Breaking Out the Boss: Members of a gang bust their boss out of jail.

Boxed Crook: A prison inmate is offered a chance for freedom if they agree to do certain favors.

Physical torture and summary executions are often included.

Black Site: A secret government facility that may be used to (illegally) hold prisoners under extrajudicial detention.

Birdcaged: A villain traps the hero inside a birdcage.

May sometimes be used to detain people who are 'criminally insane' (they committed some sort of crime, but were found to be legally 'not guilty' due to their mental illness).

Bedlam House: An oppressive psychiatric hospital that is effectively a Hellhole Prison for the patients, doing nothing to make them any less crazy.

Barefoot Captives: Prisoners and slaves forced to go without shoes.Artistic License – Prison: Prison doesn't work that way in real life.Ambiguous Criminal History: Often involves a stint in prison for unspecified crimes.Alone-with-Prisoner Ploy: The Mole talks to an arrested ally by claiming they want to see the prisoner alone.The Alcatraz: A prison that is (supposedly) impossible to escape.

Gang wear long poky nail in jail