Arkham Asylum
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Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane is named after the late Elizabeth Arkham and houses the legally declared criminal insane of Gotham City. After the appearance of Batman, Arkham also became the favored institution for super villains to carry out their sentence. Through come clever legal moves, some villains opt to plead insanity and serve a lesser sentence at the Asylum at the risk of being driven insane. It quickly earned the animosity of some who accused it of becoming a revolving door for those who faked rehabilitation and soon returned to crime, only to be recaptured by Batman. Nonetheless, Arkham is far away on the outskirts of northern Gotham City.
On various cases, Batman and his allies, such as Nightwing, often infiltrated the Asylum and questioned inmates connected to ongoing cases. On a lower floor, the Joker is under heavy guard outside his cell and restrained in an orange straitjacket. However, some of the low-level employees can be easily bribed. Two guards, one named Mac, aided Black Mask in allowing his team to extract the Joker during a routine bed check.