
Implicit Prison: A setting is treated like a prison, even if it's not explicitly called a prison.Improvised Imprisonment: A character is held prisoner by amateurs, in a place not intended to hold prisoners.Hooking the Keys: MacGyvering a way of stealing keys that are just out of reach.
Hellhole Prison: The prison is a terrible place for the inmates. This is essentially the spiritual version of a mortal penal facility. Hell: In many different religious mythologies, there's a special afterlife designed to trap the souls of dead sinners and punish them for their misdeeds in life, often for eternity (or at least a long time before they can be forgiven and allowed to move into another realm). Had to Come to Prison to Be a Crook: A criminal has the backstory of being evil because they were wrongly jailed. The Gulag: A type of forced-labor prison camp that was once common in the Soviet Union. The Guards Must Be Crazy: Prison staff make it almost too easy for prisoners to escape. Great Escape: A grand plan to sneak one's way out of a prison. Glassy Prison: A person is imprisoned in a cage with transparent walls. Girls Behind Bars: Women's prisons are played for fanservice purposes. Girl in the Tower: A female character (usually a princess) is imprisoned in a tall tower. Gilded Cage: A luxurious place that feels like a prison. Get into Jail Free: A person does something to help them get into prison. First Rule of the Yard: If you wind up in jail, you must assert your dominance. Falling into Jail: The bad guy is defeated by falling directly into prison. Extranormal Prison: A prison that is specially designed to contain people or beings who have superhuman abilities. Epiphanic Prison: A prison someone can't escape from unless they have an epiphany. Doomed Fellow Prisoner: A prisoner in the same cell as the main character ends up suffering some horrible fate.
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.