What is Blackgate Prison?
'''Blackgate Prison''' is a fictional prison where normal prisoners are taken into jail. The prison is off the coast of [[Gotham City|Gotham Bay]] which is like [[Alcatraz Island]]. In other cases the prison is in the city such as in ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''. Blackgate Prison is unlike [[Arkham Asylum]], in which many people like [[Rupert Thorne]], [[Carmine Falcone]], [[Penguin (comics)|The Penguin]], [[Ventriloquist (comics)|Ventriloquist]], and [[Victor Zsasz]] are held.<ref name=bbiom>''Batman: Blackgate, Isle of Men'' (April 1998)</ref> The prison was in ''The Dark Knight Rises'' when Bane used the [[Batmobile]] to shoot the prison open to free all the prisoners to occupy Gotham. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Blackgate_Penitentiary Blackgate Penitentiary] at DC Comics Wiki {{lit-stub}} [[Category:Batman]] [[Category:Fictional buildings and structures]]