Warden Martin Joseph is the warden of Blackgate Penitentiary.
Biography
Batman: Arkham Origins
Warden Joseph was the warden of Blackgate. He was largely more concerned of the political role of his job as warden instead of his main duties, resulting in it being a hotbed for criminals and corrupt cops, and the prison falling into a dangerous amount of disrepair, although he himself was not corrupt. During Christmas Eve of Batman's second year, Joseph, largely due to pressure by Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb for political purposes, had Harleen Quinzel do a re-evaluation on the serial killer Julian Gregory Day under the pretense that he was a manipulator. However, the same evening that Day was to be executed, he was attacked by Black Mask's (actually the Joker's) men in order to get access into the prison. After threatening Joseph's family and burning his left eye out with a cigar, Joseph let them in the prison. One of Black Mask's men tried to kill Joseph in order to tie up loose ends (also assuring him that they hope Black Mask keeps his word regarding leaving his family alone), but Joseph was saved by Batman just in the nick of time. Because of his forced role in the ensuing riot, Joseph ended up undergoing an internal investigation with pressed charges against him. After the Joker was incarcerated and managed to start another riot, Joseph was taken hostage by the Joker, but was freed by Captain James Gordon while Batman was forced into a fight to the death with Bane by the Joker, also attempting to aid Gordon in releasing Joker from the electric chair only to be knocked out by the mass-murdering psychopath while he restrained Gordon. After Batman managed to "kill" Bane by placing him into cardiopulminory arrest, Joseph stood up to the maniacal clown and demanded that he put the gun down. Unfortunately, the Joker, deciding to put Joseph down instead, tried to shoot him, with Gordon intercepting the bullet. Joseph then expressed relief that Gordon still had his bulletproof vest on when seeing that Gordon survived, and proceeded alongside the Police Captain to pursue the psychopath while Batman resusicated Bane. However, shortly after Batman beat Bane (the latter of whom had injected himself with TN-1 out of desperation), Joseph ended up shot by a sniper in the cell blocks, with a Medevac being dispatched for Joseph. Gordon managed to stop the sniper, also grazing Killer Croc in the arm in the process. He then told Batman that Joker was headed for the chapel area of the prison.
Batman: Arkham Origins: Blackgate
Three months later, the warden was taken hostage during a third riot that broke out at Blackgate, being ambushed by the Joker when he attempted to use an escape hatch. He was later saved by Batman.
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