Prison Riot

A Prison is a place for violent people, and Prisons Are Gymnasiums, so in fiction, riots are natural. The Hero usually plays a One-Man Army. Convicts and guards are usually Color Coded for Your Convenience. Riots are usually a cover-up for a Great Escape. Related to The Mutiny.

Film

• Amistad, on a slaveship/PrisonShip.
• Blood In Blood Out
• Face Off, following Get Into Jail Free.
• The Last Castle

Live-Action TV

• Prison Break
• Roots, on the slaveship/PrisonShip.
• Prison riots are a constant threat in Oz. One erupts in the first season finale "A game of Checkers".

Video Games

• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Splinter Cell Double Agent, as a cover-up for the Great Escape