Belle Reve Penitentiary
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Real Identity: Not Applicable
Appearances: Terrors, Humanity, Coldhearted, and Insecurity
Appearances (Comics): Monkey Business
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Belle Reve Penitentiary is a federal prison designed to house super criminials and is located in Belle Reve Parish, Louisiana. Surrounded by miles of swamp land, fortified walls thick enough to hold Superman, and employing superpower inhibiting collars, no one has ever escaped from Belle Reve. At the slightest hint of trouble, a lockdown is initiated by the warden through a voice activated password. Female criminals are segregated into a Woman's Wing, guards man a monitor and defense system, and the collars can be controlled through a master control room. Amanda Waller was the warden alongside prison psychiatrist, Professor Hugo Strange.
After four ice villains staged simultaneous attacks and were easily apprehended on the Fourth of July, only Captain Cold and Killer Frost were immediately sent to Belle Reve. However, after a petition by Mr. Freeze and litigation from Icicle Junior, they too were transported to the prison. This was all part of a plan led by Icicle Senior to use their combined ice powers to stage a mass break out of every prisoner. Batman suspected something was amiss and dispatched Miss Martian and Superboy to investigate, disguised as the recently captured Terror Twins. Superboy managed to turn the collars back on and manipulate Icicle Junior into helping him restore order. In the aftermath, Professor Strange took over as warden and one prisoner escaped, the Riddler.
On October 10th, Warden Strange granted the Team a five minute interrogation of Professor Ivo. Strange was observing them through security cameras and upon the Team's departure, Ivo was allowed to call and warn T.O. Morrow. On November 13th, 12:03 Central Standard Time (CST), Batman and Flash visited the penitentiary and questioned Warden Strange about the five ice villains as Count Vertigo was humiliated in the mess hall by Brick. On December 4th, Sportsmaster extracted Professor Ivo from Belle Reve thanks in part to Professor Strange's complicity. In his place, Ivo left a robot duplicate. By December 6th, Ivo was back in his cell.