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{{quote|"Odds bodkins! This convict penitentiary is really nice! If I ever get arrested, I'll demand to be sent here!"|'''Charles Upstart III''', ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]''}}
A big-time crook gets sent away to prison, but the forces of law and order can't sever all his outside connections. [[Might as Well Not Be in Prison At All|The character in question has the wherewithal to bribe the guards, walk freely through the prison, have his plumbing and his bedsheets upgraded, eat caviar in his cell instead of baked beans in the lunchroom, etc.]] Sometimes, the prisoner may actually have all the resources necessary to escape, staying "imprisoned" because [[Play-Along Prisoner|there's a particular reason to do so]]. Or maybe it's because they [[Boxed Crook| do something that actually benefits the authorities]]. Usually occurs with rich crooks; they'll do anything to retain as much as they can of their former big-spending lifestyle.
This is actually [[Truth in Television]], greats like Al Capone, Pol Pot, and Augusto Pinochet were kept under house arrest or housed in very, very nice prison cells.
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** Bonus fun; that nice table? The hollow legs are crammed full of hundred dollar bills. Just in case another bribe needs to happen.
** Especially in the [[Marvel Comics 2]] Universe, he's depicted in ''[[Spider-Girl]]'' as having an entire luxury suite in his prison cell. Of course, he gets away with it by being a [[Magnificent Bastard]].
* The one-shot comic ''[[Venom (Comic Book)| The Trial of Venom]]'', a crossover between ''[[Daredevil]]'' and ''[[Spider-Man]]'' begins with the warden at the Vault giving a visitor a tour of the facility, and explaining the new security (put in after the mass break out in ''Acts of Vengeance'') which includes new holographic technology. She also explains how they're experimenting with a rewards system to encourage rehabilitation, showing Moonstone as an example. She's sunbathing in her cell, which has been turned into a pleasant beach motif using the holograms.
* A minor character from Alan Moore's ''[[Watchmen]]'', the Big Figure, is seen wearing a silk cravat with his prison blues, smoking a big Cuban cigar, and walking freely through the prison accompanied by two henchmen (though it is implied that he's coercing some of the guards for these privileges, as demonstrated when he asks Rorschach's guard about his wife and children and the guard becomes terrified).
* A variant in Alan Moore's comic book ''Albion''; psychotic British superhero Captain Hurricane is given a life of luxury in prison because, if he entered one of his "ragin' furies", he could tear the place apart. He's kept in line because due to the drugs in his tea he isn't aware he's in prison at all. {{spoiler|As you can imagine he's part of the mass breakout in the climax.}}
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