Mansfield State Prison
The Mansfield State Prison is a Columbian nomadic penitentiary.
Background
Originally an abandoned nomadic factory, Mansfield State Prison was founded by several Columbian nomadic cities in the region under the proposal of Randal, who would become its chief warden. Mansfield is meant to be a "pilot penitentiary with special approval from the capital" and a "shining example to the other states." But behind the scenes, the nomadic prison serves as Randal's personal business venture in which one could send anyone into Mansfield whether to torture and kill them or to protect them from their enemies as long as they have the money. Notably, Smith Simon arranged the "incarceration" of his son Anthony before HydeBro could approach Mansfield, therefore providing a safe haven for his son.[1]
An artificial mountain acts as Mansfield's base, with the prison complex standing on top of it. To prevent the main complex from collapsing, several empty rooms are built to support the structure. However, due to its age, most of Mansfield's walls have withered away and some of its sections become vulnerable to structural damage.[2]
Mansfield is divided into three blocks:
- The A-zone, which is where non-Infected inmates are held.
- The B-zone, which is where Infected inmates are held.
- The C-zone, which is where inmates with serious criminal records and recidivists are held. Unlike the other blocks, the C-zone is specifically built in a black, seven-story high tower that can only be lowered down when Mansfield is being docked at a nomadic city.
Most of the time, Mansfield's security is rather relaxed; it will only be tightened when the nomadic prison is being docked.[2] Even if an inmate manages to escape Mansfield, the barren wastelands will ensure that their jailbreak is futile. Once in a month, A-zone and B-zone inmates are given access to the C-zone to serve as janitors.[1]
Mansfield also contains additional facilities, which include guardhouses for the jailers, factories where the inmates work, a control room for the C-zone tower, a morgue that doubles as a clinic administered by Domma, and a library built under Anthony's proposal.[2]
Despite its immense security, the jailbreak of Anthony Simon conducted by Dr. Silence was a success, ending Mansfield's reputation as an unbreakable prison.
Notable inhabitants
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- Randal: The chief warden of Mansfield. He was the one who came with the idea of repurposing the industrial platform into a prison, hoping it would become a good example for the other states to follow.[1]
- Barton: A Liberi warden of Mansfield known for his rough manner. During Anthony's jailbreak, his key to the C-zone tower was stolen by Kafka and he could not quickly halt the tower's landing.[3]
- Rick Grey: An inmate suffering from a liver dissease caused by his alcoholism. He befriended Jesselton during his time in prison, but later left after his wife, Patty, paid his bail. He wants to confront Patty face-to-face due to how in one of her letters, she mentioned having left him for a widowed carpenter named Bill Dickinson.[4]
Of the characters above:
- Domma is the doctor overseeing Mansfield's morgue/clinic up until Anthony's jailbreak.
- Jesselton Williams and Saria disguised themselves as Mansfield's jailers to carry out their respective mission.
- Pinecone worked as a temporary construction worker in Mansfield.
- Kafka, Mountain, and Robin are inmates of Mansfield up until their jailbreak.
Enemies
| Normal |     |
|---|---|
| Elite |         |
All Prisoner enemies are subject to the Imprisonment mechanic.
Gallery
A cell in Mansfield's C-zone
Mansfield's morgue, which also doubles as an infirmary
A schematic of Mansfield's lower floors
Another schematic of Mansfield's lower floors
A schematic of Mansfield's C-zone tower
People
A Liberi inmate of Mansfield's A-Block
A Liberi jailer/prison guard of Mansfield
Etymology
Mansfield State Prison is named (and likely based) after the Ohio State Reformatory, formerly known as the Mansfield Reformatory. It is notable as the setting of The Shawsank Redemption, which much of Mansfield Break's setting are inspired from.