Southern Water Tribe prison



The Southern Water Tribe prison sits on the edge of a cliff high in the mountains of the South. It consists of a thick outer wall with five guard towers and the main entrance-way, as well as an inner wall and four other walls, extending from each corner of the outer wall to the central housing area. There are long halls inside with cells made out of stone with metal doors.

History


In 171 ASC, Tonraq and the Southern Water Tribe rebels stood trial and were all found guilty of treason by Judge Hotah. As a result they were initially sentenced to death, but their punishment was then changed to life in prison, and they were sent to the Southern Water Tribe prison. Korra and Senna go to visit Tonraq in prison to make sure he is alright and Korra suggests busting him out. Her father rejects the idea because it would start a war between the North and the South, so he remains in the prison.

Later that night, Korra returns to the prison with Asami and Mako to break her father out. The three members of Team Avatar are hiding under the floor of the hall where Tonraq's cell is located. When the night guard walks by, Asami stuns him with an electrical glove and they all proceed to Tonraq's cell door and open it, but Korra's father is not inside. Unalaq appears in the corridor and tells the Avatar that she will never see her father again because he is on a ship with the rebels to go to the Northern Water Tribe. Korra and Mako engage in a short bending battle with Unalaq, which Korra ends by blasting her uncle with a blast of air, and they escape from the prison with Asomi.