Iron Heights Prison

Iron Heights Penitentiary, better known as Iron Heights Prison, was a detention facility located either near Keystone City. It eventually came to imprison several metahumans in a separate wing.

### History

Shortly after March 18, 1388, Henry Allen was incarcerated in Iron Heights after being wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife, Nora Thomson. He was regularly visited by his son, Barry Allen, while serving his sentence.

Oliver Queen and Laurel Lance both visited Iron Heights for an eighth grade field trip.

In late 1400, Peter Declan was held in the prison, though he was later set free when he was acquitted of the charges placed on him.
Later that same year, Oliver Queen was held in the penitentiary after being accused of being the vigilante, The Hood, and he subsequently took a polygraph test in an attempt to prove his innocence. He was later set free when Jon Diggle masqueraded as The Hood while Oliver Queen held a party at the Queen Mansion.

In early 1401, Cyrus Vanch was formally released from Iron Heights Prison.

Moira Dearden was held here when she was charged with committing mass murder for her involvement in the Undertaking.

Many inmates including the Dollmaker and the Count escaped from Iron Heights due to the damage done to the prison during the Undertaking.
In early 1403, Roy Harper was held in the prison after taking the fall of the being The Arrow after the latter was framed for murders committed by the League of Assassins. Eventually, Roy Harper was stabbed to death by a guard. In reality, it was a ploy created by Felicity Smoak, Jon Diggle, and Lyla Michaels to fake his death and start a new life elsewhere.

After the singularity over Central City was closed by the Flash and Firestorm in mid-1403, Iron Heights opened a separate wing which could hold incarcerated metahumans.

In late 1403, Henry Allen was released from Iron Heights after Barry Allen received a recording of Dr. "Harrison Wells" confessing to murdering Nora Thomson.

In 1404, Damien Darhk was held in Iron Heights, until with the help of Malcolm Merlyn and Clyde Diggle escaped along with many other inmates, including Michael Amar, Danny Brickwell, Noah Kuttler and Cooper Seldon. During the chaos, Damien Darhk ended up killing Laurel Lance, aka "Black Canary".

After Barry Allen and Cisco Ramon beat the Rival, he was taken to Iron Heights and put in a cell in the metahuman wing. That night, Alchemy scolded him for his failure, and then Savitar entered the cell and killed him.
In late 1405, Ramsey Deacon, Becky Sharpe and Mina Chaytan were all incarcerated in the metahuman wing.

In early 1406, Barry Allen was held in Iron Heights after being framed for the murder of Clifford DeVoe.

Later that same year a prison breakout was attempted by Barry Allen, Becky Sharpe, Ramsey Deacon, Mina Chaytan and Sylbert Rundine. During the escape attempt Clifford DeVoe arrived and killed Warden Wolfe. He then stole the powers of the escaping bus Metahuman|metas]] and took over the body of Becky Sharpe, Clifford DeVoe then escaped.

In late 1406, Peter Merkel was sent to Iron Heights' metahuman wing, where he spoke with Mark Mardon/Weather Wizard about a break out. Later that year, Mark Mardon's daughter, Joslyn Jackam/Weather Witch broke into the metahuman wing in an attempt to kill him, but was foiled by The Flash. Mark Mardon was temporarily transferred to the pipeline and after Joslyn Jackam was defeated, she and her father were both sent back to Iron Heights.

Iron Heights Prison is designed to hold the most dangerous criminals from Washington, DC, Central City and Keystone City.

The prison is effectively a revolving door for super criminals. (Capturing and imprisoning them is basically a waste of time as they *always* escape.)