Prisons and Gaols
Prisons and Gaols of the Steel Realms construction and placement have no universal standards – these can be as small or large as needed, as sophisticated or primitive as desired. Institutional, municipal, fiefdom or the like must still follow the Dominion Codes. Although the World Watchers try and monitor these facilities to ensure order and law is being upheld, the reality is that long term prisoners can expect a hard and debilitating time.
Public Incarceration
These are usually regional and locale specific. They are for civil and minor criminal transgressions.
Isolated Incarceration
These are super secure facilities for the worst criminals and violent offenders.
Dungeons
Although the word “dungeon” is typically just used to denote a built, underground facility – usually into the foundations under a locale – these are the secret prisons as well. Some Dungeons hold all levels of incarceration, but the connotation is used to suggest the worst.
These are the places where the Dominion Codes end (though the lowest level maybe maintain in order to keep a subject alive and allow plausible deniability in event of a death and the boody must be turned over. These are often “known secrets” – everyone knows that they exist, but to press the issue may land you in one or worse. Rendition into a dungeon is often done in secret, with special forces effecting the capture and incarceration.