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|appearance= Detective Comics #629
 
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Gotham State Penitentiary is also known as Gotham Prison, especially when referenced after the Crisis. It is later officially renamed "Blackgate Prison". In the late 1980s, Blackgate Prison is condemned by Amnesty International and forced to shut down. When the prison eventually re-opens, it is officially known as "Blackgate Penitentiary".
  
Gotham State Penitentiary is also known as Gotham Prison, especially when referenced after the Crisis. It is later officially renamed "Blackgate Prison". In the late 1980s, Blackgate Prison is condemned by Amnesty International and forced to shut down. When the prison eventually re-opens, it is officially known as "Blackgate Penitentiary".
   
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Unlike Arkham Asylum, Blackgate is where non-insane criminals such as Catman, David Cain, Monsoon, Ernie Chubb, KGBeast and various henchmen, mobsters, and mafia bosses are incarcerated when captured. [[The Joker]], [[the Penguin]], [[Two-Face]], [[Clayface II (Matt Hagen)]], [[the Ventriloquist]], [[Mr. Zsasz]], [[Firefly]], [[Calendar Man]], [[Rupert Thorne]] and [[Bane]] are the only criminals that have done time in both [[Arkham Asylum]] and Blackgate Penitentiary.
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Unlike [[Arkham Asylum]], Blackgate is where non-insane criminals such as Catwoman, Dollhouse, Echo, Knife, Magpie and various henchmen, mobsters, and mafia bosses are incarcerated when captured.
   
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There are instances where inmates from Arkham Asylum are temporarily moved to Blackgate, like when Bane destroys the original Arkham building in ''Batman'' #491. All of the Arkham inmates are incarcerated in Blackgate until the new Arkham structure is built and opened in ''Batman'' #521.
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There are instances where inmates from Arkham Asylum are temporarily moved to Blackgate, like when Big Top destroys the original Arkham building in ''Batman'' #491. All of the Arkham inmates are incarcerated in Blackgate until the new Arkham structure is built and opened in ''Batman'' #521.
   
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There is a one-shot about a breakout happening in the prison entitled ''Batman: Blackgate''. The prisoners in the story are Cluemaster, Steeljacket, Ratcatcher, The Trigger Twins, Dragoncat, Gunhawk, Czonka (The Baffler), Actuary, and others. Several of these villains are also featured in the Cataclysm storyline when an earthquake and the resulting tidal waves damage the prison and open up a land bridge to Gotham. This allows the majority of the inmates of Blackgate to escape.
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There is a one-shot about a breakout happening in the prison entitled ''Batman: Blackgate''. The prisoners in the story are Catwoman, White Rabbit, Lady Arkham, Talia al Ghul, Bloody Mary, Alice, Clayface (Sondra Fuller), Harley Quinn, and others. Several of these villains are also featured in the Cataclysm storyline when an earthquake and the resulting tidal waves damage the prison and open up a land bridge to Gotham. This allows the majority of the inmates of Blackgate to escape.
   
 
== Known Inmates ==
  
== Known Inmates ==
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Batwoman's Enemies:
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* [[Actuary]]
  
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* Agrippina
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* [[Bane]]
  
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* Arkham Knight (Astrid Arkham)
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* Billy (one of [[The Ventriloquist]]'s henchmen, seen in ''Detective Comics #610'')
  
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* [[Black Spider]]
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* [[Alyce Sinner]]
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* [[Bonaventure Strake]]
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* [[Amanda Waller]]
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* [[Anchoress]]
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* [[Bruce Wayne]] (when he is falsely convicted of murdering [[Vesper Fairchild]])
  
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* [[Calendar Man]]
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* [[Baby Doll]]
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* [[Captain Stingaree]]
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* [[Black Alice]]
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* [[Catman]]
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* [[Black Widow]]
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* [[Blitzkrieg]]
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* [[Rhino and Mugsy|Frederick Rhino]]
  
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* [[Rhino and Mugsy|Mugsy]]
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* [[Bloody Mary]]
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* [[Clayface (Basil Karlo)]]
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* [[Bruno]]
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* [[Clayface II (Matt Hagen)]]
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* [[Calendar Girl]]
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* [[Cluemaster]]
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* [[Catwoman]]
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* [[Crazy Quilt]]
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* [[The Carpenter]]
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* [[Cheshire]]
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* [[The Cypher (Avery Twombey)]]
  
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* [[Dagger II]]
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* [[Clayface (Sondra Fuller)]]
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* [[Dalton Perry]]
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* [[Crazy Quilt II]]
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* [[David Cain]]
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* [[Dala]]
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* [[Deadshot]]
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* [[Dollhouse]]
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* Dora Smithy
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* [[Dean "Hungry" Fahy]]
  
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* [[Dr. Fang]]
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* [[Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft]]
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* [[Dragoncat]]
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* [[Duela Dent]]
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* [[Electrocutioner]]
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* [[Ecco]]
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* [[Emperor Blackgate]]
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* [[Echo]]
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* [[Ernie Chubb]]
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* [[Enigma]]
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* [[Eustace Marker]]
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* [[Eva Green]]
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* [[Faceless (Joseph Zedno)]]
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* [[Fright]]
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* Funnel
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* [[Firebug]]
  
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* [[Firebug 2]]
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* [[Gilda Dent]]
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* Green Fairy
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* [[Firefly]]
  
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* [[Gretel]]
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* [[The Getaway Genius|Roy Reynolds (The Getaway Genius)]]
  
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* [[Gunhawk]]
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* [[Grey Lora]]
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* [[Henry Etchison]]
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* [[Harley Quinn]]
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* [[Hsui Cheung]]
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* [[Holly Wood]]
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* Intogla
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* [[Jan Brodie]]
  
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* Iron Bride
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* [[Jared Manx]]
  
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* [[John McCone]]
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* [[Jaculi II]]
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* [[Jane Doe]]
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* [[The Joker]] (in ''[[The Joker: Devil's Advocate]]'' the Joker is sentenced to death row in Blackgate before eventually returning to [[Arkham Asylum]])
  
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* [[KGBeast]]
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* [[Jeannette]]
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* [[Jewelee]]
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* [[Killer Frost]]
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* [[Knife]]
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* Knightfall (Charise Carnes)
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* [[Lady Arkham]]
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* Lady Firefly (Bridgit Pike)
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* [[Lady Shiva]]
 
* [[Lady Spellbinder]]
  
* [[Lady Spellbinder]]
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* [[Lady Vic]]
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* Matches Malone
  
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* [[Mirror Man]]
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* [[Lark]]
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* [[Monsoon]]
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* [[Lynx]]
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* [[Mortimer Kadaver]]
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* [[Madame Crow]]
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* Madame X
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* [[Polka-Dot Man|Mister Polka-Dot (Abner Krill)]]
  
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* [[Victor Zsasz|Mr. Zsasz]]
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* [[Maggie Kyle]]
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* [[The Penguin]]
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* [[Magpie]]
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* [[Ratcatcher]]
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* [[March Harriet]]
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* [[Rupert Thorne]]
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* [[Marsha, Queen of Diamonds]]
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* [[Mime]]
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* [[Sasha Bordeaux]] (when she is falsely convicted of involvement in Vesper Fairchild's murder)
  
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* [[Stanislaus Johns]]
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* [[Minerva]]
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* [[Steeljacket]]
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* [[Molly]]
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* Mother
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* [[Ten-Eyed Man]]
  
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* Nightlark
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* [[Titus Samuel Czonka]] (Czonk AKA The Headbanger AKA The Baffler)
  
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* [[Tony Zucco]]
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* [[Nocturna]]
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* [[The Trigger Twins]]
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* [[Nora Fries]]
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* Octana
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* [[Two-Face]]
  
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* Omegarina
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* [[The Ventriloquist]]
  
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* [[Vincent Morelli]]
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* [[Orca]]
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* Pistolera
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* [[Vincent "The Shark" Starkey]]
  
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* [[Weasel (Chet Grimes)]]
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* [[Poison Ivy]]
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* [[William Guillory]]
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* [[Prudence]]
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* [[Wrath II]]
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* [[Query]]
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* [[Red Claw]]
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* [[Roxy Rocket]]
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* [[Scandal Savage]]
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* [[Scarlet]]
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* Scorpiana
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* [[She-Bat]]
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* [[She-Cat]]
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* [[Silver Banshee]]
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* [[Siren]]
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* [[Sune]]
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* [[Suzie Su]]
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* [[Sylvia Sinclair]]
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* [[Talia al Ghul]]
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* [[Tiger Moth]]
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* Titanium Empress
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* Ultimatum Girl
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* [[Undine]]
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* [[Velvet Tiger]]
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* [[The Ventriloquist (Peyton Riley)]]
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* Wanderer
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* [[Weeping Woman]]
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* [[Whisper A'Daire]]
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* [[White Rabbit]]
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* Xtreme Rebelle
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* Xtreme Witch
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* Yellow Combatress
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* Yellow Locks
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* Zaber Huntswoman
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* [[Zelda the Great]]
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* Zodiac Girl
   
 
== In other media ==
  
== In other media ==
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===Television===
  
===Television===
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* In [[Batman: The Animated Series]], this prison is called Stonegate Penitentiary. It was built as a plan by Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent to build a better, safer Gotham. Criminals like [[The Penguin (Batman: The Animated Series)|the Penguin]], [[Poison Ivy (BTAS)|Poison Ivy]], [[Bane (BTAS episode)|Bane]], [[Clock King]], [[Rupert Thorne (Batman: The Animated Series)|Rupert Thorne]], [[Killer Croc (BTAS)|Killer Croc]], [[The Terrible Trio]], [[Tony Zucco]], Josiah Wormwood, [[Sidney Debris]], Jazzman, Southside Eddie and Spider Conway were sentenced to Stonegate. In "I Am The Night", a villain called Jimmy "Jazzman" Peake was imprisoned here to await trial since Gotham City Prison was full at the time.
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* In [[Batman: The Animated Series]], this prison is called Stonegate Penitentiary. It was built as a plan by Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent to build a better, safer Gotham. Criminals like [[Baby Doll (BTAS)|Baby Doll]], [[Catwoman (BTAS)|Catwoman]], [[Harley Quinn (BTAS)|Harley Quinn,]] [[Poison Ivy (BTAS)|Poison Ivy]] were sentenced to Stonegate.
   
 
===Video Games===
  
===Video Games===
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*In the video game ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'', Blackgate Penitentiary is referenced as having been burned down by a 'mysterious' fire, implied in the game's viral marketing campaign as well as Boles' reaction to Joker's implication that the fire at Blackgate was no accident to have been started by corrupted Arkham Asylum security guard [[Frank Boles]], as part of the Joker's plan to have hordes of convicts shipped to the asylum while the penitentiary facility is reconstructed. The Joker plans to recruit the convicts in a brutal takeover of Arkham, since the asylum's maddened patients are far from model henchmen. In ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'', rumors claim Blackgate has been turned into a shopping mall, but by the end of the game it appears the criminals are being transferred back to the prison, proving the rumors false.
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*In the video game ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'', Blackgate Penitentiary is referenced as having been burned down by a 'mysterious' fire, implied in the game's viral marketing campaign as well as Boles' reaction to Harley Quinn's implication that the fire at Blackgate was no accident to have been started by corrupted Arkham Asylum security guard [[Frank Boles]], as part of the Harley Quinn's plan to have hordes of convicts shipped to the asylum while the penitentiary facility is reconstructed. Harley Quinn plans to recruit the convicts in a brutal takeover of Arkham, since the asylum's maddened patients are far from model henchmen. In ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'', rumors claim Blackgate has been turned into a shopping mall, but by the end of the game it appears the criminals are being transferred back to the prison, proving the rumors false.
 
*''See: [[Blackgate Prison (Batman: Arkham Origins)]]''
  
*''See: [[Blackgate Prison (Batman: Arkham Origins)]]''
 
*Blackgate is the main location in the video game ''[[Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate]]''.
  
*Blackgate is the main location in the video game ''[[Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate]]''.

Revision as of 16:50, 13 October 2019

Blackgate Penitentiary is a fictional prison depicted in the DC Universe, traditionally located on a small island in the Gotham Bay, Gotham City. Batman: The Long Halloween suggests that it was preceded by Gotham State Penitentiary, which appeared often in pre-Crisis comics.

History

Gotham State Penitentiary is also known as Gotham Prison, especially when referenced after the Crisis. It is later officially renamed "Blackgate Prison". In the late 1980s, Blackgate Prison is condemned by Amnesty International and forced to shut down. When the prison eventually re-opens, it is officially known as "Blackgate Penitentiary".

Unlike Arkham Asylum, Blackgate is where non-insane criminals such as Catwoman, Dollhouse, Echo, Knife, Magpie and various henchmen, mobsters, and mafia bosses are incarcerated when captured.

There are instances where inmates from Arkham Asylum are temporarily moved to Blackgate, like when Big Top destroys the original Arkham building in Batman #491. All of the Arkham inmates are incarcerated in Blackgate until the new Arkham structure is built and opened in Batman #521.

There is a one-shot about a breakout happening in the prison entitled Batman: Blackgate. The prisoners in the story are Catwoman, White Rabbit, Lady Arkham, Talia al Ghul, Bloody Mary, Alice, Clayface (Sondra Fuller), Harley Quinn, and others. Several of these villains are also featured in the Cataclysm storyline when an earthquake and the resulting tidal waves damage the prison and open up a land bridge to Gotham. This allows the majority of the inmates of Blackgate to escape.

Known Inmates

Batwoman's Enemies:

In other media

Film

  • In Christopher Nolan's 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises, the mercenary Bane liberates the criminals "wrongfully imprisoned" at Blackgate Penitentiary by Commissioner Jim Gordon under the Dent Act and uses them in his army.

Television

  • In Batman: The Animated Series, this prison is called Stonegate Penitentiary. It was built as a plan by Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent to build a better, safer Gotham. Criminals like Baby Doll, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy were sentenced to Stonegate.

Video Games

  • In the video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, Blackgate Penitentiary is referenced as having been burned down by a 'mysterious' fire, implied in the game's viral marketing campaign as well as Boles' reaction to Harley Quinn's implication that the fire at Blackgate was no accident to have been started by corrupted Arkham Asylum security guard Frank Boles, as part of the Harley Quinn's plan to have hordes of convicts shipped to the asylum while the penitentiary facility is reconstructed. Harley Quinn plans to recruit the convicts in a brutal takeover of Arkham, since the asylum's maddened patients are far from model henchmen. In Batman: Arkham City, rumors claim Blackgate has been turned into a shopping mall, but by the end of the game it appears the criminals are being transferred back to the prison, proving the rumors false.
  • See: Blackgate Prison (Batman: Arkham Origins)
  • Blackgate is the main location in the video game Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate.

Novels

  • In the novel Batman: The Ultimate Evil, author Andrew Vachss refers to a "Hellgate Prison".
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