Is there incarceration?
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Depictions of imprisonment or confinement.
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TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
74
No
17
2
thriceinarow
S2
E2
There's a bunch of references to this in a couple of episodes. In episode 4 there are incarcerations on screen.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
67
No
1
6
onlycallisto
A character is kept in a cell for much of the film and tied to a chair for some of it
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
66
No
9
12
PowerStroke
The original Emotions are literally bottled up and sent to the Vault, where Riley's secrets are kept, but the Secrets help them break out of it.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
65
No
1
13
Anonymous
Of animals
Movie • 2025 Report
Yes
58
No
0
0
CFraissi
Many are imprisoned in a pocket universe.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
56
No
1
0
Kellygator
A character is restrained and questioned in an interrogation room.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
50
No
0
3
Anonymous
A minor character is imprisoned by peacekeepers and there is mention of someone trying to break her out from prison.
TV Show • 2024 Report
Yes
49
No
6
1
gayratdad
Yes, the surface dwellers are held as prisoners in vault 33.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
48
No
36
0
S12
E12
Season revolves around a prison arc that is very important to the overall season storyline.
Movie • 2025 Report
Yes
40
No
3
0
onlycallisto
A man is handcuffed and put in a police car but never taken to a cell.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
39
No
1
0
lonelytraveller
A main character spends the majority of the second season in a mental institution that also serves as his jail cell while his trial takes place.
Another main character is in the same mental institution in the third season, but the "cell" is more of a fancy-looking room compared to the cell in the second season.
Another main character is in the same mental institution in the third season, but the "cell" is more of a fancy-looking room compared to the cell in the second season.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
37
No
2
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
35
No
1
4
LeilaCameron
over 90% of these characters are in jail and sentenced/awaiting sentencing.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
34
No
9
1
shurl
Sam and Dean are arrested and sent to / are held in jail on multiple occasions.. there is also an episode where deaths in a prison are a major plot point.
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
34
No
11
5
The whole premise has the character's trapped
Movie • 2025 Report
Yes
33
No
1
3
KantainLion
The characters drive past a chain gang working in the fields; upon seeing this, one character explains their story of prior incarceration
TV Show • 2024 Report
Yes
31
No
3
5
Anonymous
The main character's stalker is arrested and imprisoned in the end.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
31
No
4
7
profmegasaurus
Not an actual jail or prison, but women are kept in tiny cages and brutalized while in there.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
29
No
0
0
AmandaAmos
Many of the main cast gets incarcerated throughout the series.
TV Show • 1993 Report
Yes
29
No
22
0
RuthT
S1
E1
The serial killer is locked up in a solitary confinement room at what seems to be a psychiatric ward for the criminally insane.
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
29
No
1
0
abd57900
often. Prominent in S1 EP1 (prison), S1 EP19 (cage), S2 EP10 (cage), S2 EP13 (prison), S2 EP19 (prison) and S3 EP2 (prison). There are also several scenes in which the Owl Beast is restrained using a net.
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
29
No
0
1
jaycutfilms
Characters are held prisoner in many ways beyond the judicial system.
A main character turns himself in and is briefly incarcerated.
A main character turns himself in and is briefly incarcerated.
Movie • 2025 Report
Yes
28
No
5
5
(Character) is held in a prison cell (fantasy-style).
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
27
No
25
0
wormrights
S1
E1
Not in a literal prison, but the confined spaces and restricted, repetitive, enforced schedule is a clear metaphor.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
27
No
1
-2
Anonymous
Mental institution, no incarceration
YouTube • 2023 Report
Yes
26
No
0
7
Welg
Three characters have been incarcerated, Maxo only stayed overnight, but Pac and Mike actually had to live in the prison for a couple days before escaping. The real time length of this period was only a day though, not multiple streams.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
25
No
6
5
clownhonk
S1
E1
yep, a character is shown in a jail cell. told his head will be cut off. ( this does not happen to said character but it does to another ) And another character mentions being in jail for a period of time .
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
24
No
7
4
There are mentions of going to jail and interactions with FBI.
One of the main characters is arrested but the scene is brief and she is hallucinating during it.
One of the main characters is arrested but the scene is brief and she is hallucinating during it.
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
24
No
6
3
Pantalones
S2
E2
Most of the crew of The Revenge are captured by the British and are confined in jail cells.
Video Game Report
Yes
24
No
1
2
Violet111
A character is in prison for a whole season, and other characters occasionally end up trapped in there as well