- "Frost, I’ve been to Iron Heights. Jails do not make better people. They're hell."
- —Allegra Garcia[src]
Iron Heights Penitentiary, better known as Iron Heights, is a detention facility located in Central City.
History[]
Original timeline[]
In 1989, Freddy Meyers was wrongfully convicted as the serial killer at the prom of Central City High School and was later incarcerated.[1]
On June 4, 2004, Freddy was executed by the electric chair. His mother who died of a heart attack afterwards was resurrected by Astra Logue. Later, she killed the coroner who was driving with Freddy's body and stole the body herself.[1]
Current timeline[]
Mick Rory spent different stints here over the years.[2]
In 2013, John Byrne was here for human trafficking. In early 2020, Byrne was returned when the new Green Arrow refused to kill him after he abducted and attempted to kill William Clayton.[3]
In early 2020, Sterling Brooks was brought here after an attempted robbery of Jitters on its first day of reopening.[4]
Though she was arrested in National City, Joslyn Jackam was claimed by the Flash as one of his rogues [5] and imprisoned here.[citation needed]
At some point, four different people in a Godspeed suit were arrested.[6]
Allegra Garcia spent time here in her past before becoming a member of Team Flash.[7][8]
Around Valentine's Day, Goldface and Amunet Black ended their feud amicably and were arrested.[9]
Esperanza Garcia, at one point, was here but she escaped, seeking the Black Hole diamond.[10]
John Loring and his thugs were imprisoned for multiple charges by Joe West.[10]
Kid Flash, the Flash and Joe West apprehended Frida Novikov, resulting in her imprisonment.[11]
Millie Rawlins was placed in custody after she chased Barry Allen through CCPD, hoping to get the Prismatic refractor.[12]
By acting as a hitman-for-hire to kill Joe West for Black Hole, Peter Merkel was incarcerated. During one of his assassination attempts, Millie Rawlins escaped custody.[13]
Ramsey Rosso questioned how the mirror duplicates planned to release him from the MAC, commenting that the meta cells in Iron Heights were crude in comparison.[14]
A dead "Godspeed" by the Iron Heights insignia
The different Godspeed clones were all killed by the fifth unnamed Godspeed and the footage of the corpses was seen by Cisco Ramon. Ultimately, that person was arrested as well; during his interrogation, he revealed that he worked for another person.[6]
At some point, Sam Scudder and Rosa Dillon escaped from prison and joined Black Hole. After betraying Sam who was destroyed by Eva McCulloch, Rosa was arrested and after being interrogated by Cecile Horton, was returned to prison.[15]
Allegra reminded Frost that Allegra had once been a prisoner in Iron Heights and tried to dissuade Frost from surrendering to the Meta-human Task Force.[16]
Later, Frost was sentenced to life in prison at Iron Heights.[17]
When the Speed Force attacked Central City, a lightning bolt hit Iron Heights and inmates escaped, including Frost and Mark Blaine. Frost then hunted down the fugitives and brought them back to Iron Heights, resulting in her release on probation.[18]
Mark Blaine was released after agreeing to become a state witness.[19]
After his defeat by Barry Allen and Eobard Thawne, August Heart was sent to the meta-human wing.[20]
Known inmates[]
Current inmates[]
- Acolyte
- Bert
- Sterling Brooks
- John Byrne
- Mark Desmond/Blockbuster
- Harold
- Jered Haywood
- John Loring
- Kathy Meyers (as of 1989)
- Olsen
- Pytor Orloff
- Tony Stewart
Meta-human wing[]
- Jake Fox/Jack
- August Heart/Godspeed
- Leslie Jocoy/Amunet Black
- "King"
- Peter Merkel/Rag Doll
- Frida Novikov/Turtle II
- Mona Taylor/Queen
- Wanda Wayland/Ten
- "Xotar"
Former inmates[]
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Alternate timeline[]
Former inmates[]
- Freddy Meyers (deceased)
Appearances[]
Arrow[]
Season 8[]
- "Fadeout" (mentioned)
The Flash[]
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 9
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DC's Legends of Tomorrow[]
Season 5[]
- "Slay Anything"
- "Zari, Not Zari" (mentioned)
- "Freaks and Greeks" (mentioned)
Comics[]
EARTH-PRIME[]
- "Sidekick Rules" (van)
- "Savior Complex" (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Unlike its Earth-1 counterpart, which was located in Keystone City, this version of Iron Heights is located in Central City.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- In the DC comics, when the Flash's enemies are arrested, they are frequently placed in Iron Heights Penitentiary.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Slay Anything"
- ↑ "Zari, Not Zari"
- ↑ "Fadeout"
- ↑ "Marathon"
- ↑ "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Pay the Piper"
- ↑ "Marathon"
- ↑ "Success Is Assured"
- ↑ "Love Is A Battlefield"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "A Girl Named Sue"
- ↑ "Death of the Speed Force"
- ↑ "The Exorcism of Nash Wells"
- ↑ "So Long and Goodnight"
- ↑ "Liberation"
- ↑ "All's Wells That Ends Wells"
- ↑ "Growing Pains"
- ↑ "The People v. Killer Frost"
- ↑ "Family Matters, Part 2"
- ↑ "Rayo de Luz"
- ↑ "Heart of the Matter, Part 2"
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