Szenjupendri Prison

Szenjupendri Prison (//) was a major prison on Mezlagob, responsible for holding everyone from low-level felons to hardened criminals and those awaiting execution. It was the target of a corruption probe in 147 ABY by the Order of Keltrayu which resulted in mass arrests of prison staff.

Complex and facilities
Szenjupendri was designed as a single building with a few outbuildings. The entire complex was ringed by a ten-meter-high, which was itself ringed by a twenty-meter-high wall. Guard towers were strategically placed along the wall, and the wall was wide enough for three s to walk abreast, with a along its length.

The main prison building was large enough to hold 75,000 prisoners, and correspondingly took up numerous city blocks while stretching ten stories tall. Most prisoners shared cells, although thousands of single-being cells were available. There was also a smaller isolation unit which allowed no sentient contact at all; food was passed to prisoners through a revolving tray. Prisoners were kept segregated by their security classifications.

The prison infirmary, control center, and armory were all located inside the main building. An exercise yard for minimum- and medium-security prisoners was located in one corner of the facility. The cafeteria, staffed by droids, prepared meals for prisoners; lower security prisoners took their meals in a common area, while higher security prisoners were served in their cells. A personal and educational development facility for prisoners considered rehabilitatable occupied a spot near the center of the building.

Among the outbuildings was a backup armory and communcations center, for use if a prison riot took over the main complex.

Security
Prison guards and s patrolled at regular intervals. Guards were armed with s and blasters with stun settings, while the droids had built-in stun cannons as well as disabling chemical weapons. The prison had a complex holographic monitoring system for internal security.

Repulsor traffic was restricted over Szenjupendri, and the facility had two and two s to blast vehicles which came too close.

History
Szenjupendri was constructed after the Great Liberation, when a number of prisons formerly employed by the Tetrarchy of Mezlagob were closed and dismantled due to their cultural reputation as repositories for peaceful dissenters and other "forcibly disappeared" persons. Mezlagob was an ecumenopolis with over twenty-five billion inhabitants, and Szenjupendri and several other similar prisons were built to hold large numbers of prisoners rather than having the entire planet dotted with smaller ones.

In 145 ABY, Szenjupendri began experiencing uncommonly frequent riots and prison fights among the lower security prisoners. While the staff restored order swiftly every time, the incidents corresponded with a general rise in crime in the neighboring region. Inspections by planetary law enforcement personnel found no connections, but Prefect of the Order of Keltrayu Eskol Kaartinen was doubtful, and ultimately dispatched three Centurions to investigate.

Menina Robraso and Kylaea Porén established a shop nearby while Baylis Scytha was incarcerated as an undercover operative. Observing several riots himself and noticing changes in his cellmate, Mylosh Roxxa, Baylis eventually realized prisoners were being drugged to act out. Concluding that it was part of a larger scheme to encourage recidivism, especially after speaking to prisoners who he sensed genuinely did not understand why they had committed more crimes when they were released, Baylis signaled his siblings for help. Together with a special operations team from nearby Dolomir, Menina and Kylaea infiltrated the prison and freed Baylis, who arrested Szenjupendri's warden, Mondol Ens. When the collaborating staff opted to fight rather than surrender, the three Centurions retaliated by opening cells and touching off a massive prison riot.

In the aftermath of the debacle, Menina and Kylaea revealed the fruits of their investigation—local developer Quisher Realty and Development, LLC had paid Ens to drug the inmates to drive down property values and allow them to buy up real estate cheaply—the Order and planetary law enforcement carried out more arrests. The Minister of Justice ordered a review of every incarceration at Szenjupendri during Ens's tenure, and thousands of "recidivist" inmates were released as a result.

Szenjupendri remained open, despite the formation of Szenjupendri Survivors for Reform, but an entirely new staff was hired and additional safeguards were put in place to prevent a reoccurrence of the abuses.