The Walking Dead 10 Things That Make No Sense About the Prison

The Walking Dead: 10 Things That Make No Sense About the Prison

The prison was a temporary safe haven for the survivors in The Walking Dead. Although it was a good home, there are some things that don’t make sense.

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In its ten-season run, The Walking Dead has liberally moved its characters from location to location, whenever the plot calls for it. This occurred more frequently in earlier seasons before the group discovered Alexandria late in season 5 and basically has not moved since. After the fall of Hershel’s farm at the end of season 2, the survivors spent a long winter on the road, before they eventually happened upon a seemingly abandoned prison in the first episode of season 3.

Today, the Prison is remembered fondly, as many of the most beloved characters were still alive and the survivors lived in harmony together, happy for the first time in a long time. As great as the Prison days were, the location itself – like many Walking Dead sets – has some inconsistencies. Let’s explore the most notable.

10 How Did The Prisoners Not Know What Was Happening For Several Months?

After Rick and the other survivors cleared a cellblock, they deemed it safe to move in. They didn’t discover that they were not, in fact, all alone in the deserted correctional facility, until Hershel had a near-fatal tangle with a walker. When he got bit at the end of the season 3 premiere, it was revealed that a small group of rag-tag prisoners were holed up in the prison cafeteria.

The prisoners were Tomas, Axel, Oscar, Big Tiny, and Andrew. Shortly after their introduction, it was revealed that the gang of inmates didn’t actually know what was happening outside of the prison. This was explained by the fact that their guard locked them in the cafeteria, and then promptly disappeared. Still, the fact that these guys wouldn’t eventually find their way out and see the apocalypse raging around them just doesn’t seem realistic.

9 It Was Hand-Built And Then Completely Destroyed

The crew of The Walking Dead had their hands full when they were tasked with the challenge of building the West Georgia Correctional Facility – as seen in the graphic novel series – from the ground up. They did so, and the set served as the series’ main location for about two seasons.

What’s sad is that, when the group said goodbye to the prison they called home in season 4, everyone else said goodbye to it with them. The prison set was destroyed after the events in season 4, when it was no longer needed. A lot of work was put into this set for it to be used for only a short time.

8 Its Location

The location of the prison has always been questionable. Since it was shown to be seemingly very close to Hershel’s farm at the end of season 2, one could assume that the group was never far from it, yet it took them over half a year to find it.

The Governor seemingly wasn’t aware of the prison’s existence or inhabitants until he was informed, nor was Merle Dixon. This makes it seem like the giant correctional facility was quite elusive, even to the Georgia-natives.

7 How The Group Did Not Find It Sooner

On the topic of the prison’s ambiguous location, it also begs the question: how did the group not find it sooner? They spent months after the fall of Hershel’s farm, just wandering the rural wilderness. They sought sanctuary in any dilapidated house they could find, but primarily survived while constantly being on the run. They did all of this with two young group members (Carl and Beth) and Lori, whose pregnancy was a growing danger.

The group was starving and desperate by the time they actually discovered the prison. This really doesn’t make sense, as the end of season 2 showed a shot of the location that revealed it was not far from Hershel’s farm.

6 How The Governor Did Not Find It Sooner

Clearing the prison, taking whatever supplies was left, and claiming it for his own, definitely seems like something the nefarious Governor would have done. Except somehow, he was just as ignorant as everyone else.

The Governor didn’t decide that he wanted the prison until he realized that Rick and Co. had infiltrated and cleared it. It seems weird that he wouldn’t have sent some of his followers out sooner to see what was there.

5 How Quickly It Was Cleared

The prison was a massive facility that was primarily intact when Rick and Co. discovered it in the first episode of season 3. People could be in there without anyone else knowing (the prisoners) and people could sneak in without raising any alarms (Tyreese, Sasha, and Co.). Because of its size and several rooms and cellblocks, the prison should have taken months to clear.

This was not the case for Rick and his crew, though, as they miraculously safetied the facility in a matter of mere days. They did this after Lori died, clearing out the rest of the cellblocks and the death row block, but moving at such a pace just isn’t realistic.

4 The Rooms That Don’t Look Like Prison Rooms

The prison got an upgrade by the time we caught up with the survivors in season 4. Instead of looking cold and unwelcoming, as if often did in season 3, the group had turned it into a cozy sanctuary. Cellblocks and their cells looked a lot more like real rooms, and more areas, such as the prison library, were explored.

The thing about these “new” rooms that were revealed in season 4, is that they didn’t look at all like they belonged in a prison.

3 The Flu

The flu that spread throughout the prison was an infamous storyline that occurred in the early episodes of season 4. The arc was rather nonsensical and gave audiences a taste of the messy storyline that would overtake The Walking Dead in the Gimple Era (season 4 to season 8).

At the beginning of season 4, a few survivors started coming down with a severe illness that ultimately led to death and reanimation. This disease spread throughout the prison and seemed to be a serious threat. That is until the Governor burst down their walls and everyone evacuated. After the survivors were scattered in the wilderness, the disease miraculously ceased to exist.

2 The Differences From the Comics

The prison was quite different in the comics. The portrayal of it in season 3 was a little more accurate to the inspiration, whereas season 4, which portrayed the prison as the survivors’ cozy and comforting home, varied significantly. In the comics, the prison was known as the Meriwether County Correctional Facility, where it was called the West Georgia Correctional Facility in the show – the latter was a much bigger prison.

The survivors endured a lot of tragedy at the prison in both the comics and show, but in the comics, the hardships and deaths that had taken place at the location tainted it, and the survivors never turned it into the idyllic community it was in the series. Subsequently, the prison was still standing at the end of The Walking Dead comic series, while it was obliterated in the TV series.

1 There Shouldn’t Have Been A Death Row Cellblock

In the TV series, it’s mentioned by several characters that the prison’s Cellblock A was once used as death row for inmates at the West Georgia Correctional Facility. In a real prison in this state, this would not be the case.

Prisoners on Death Row would be kept at a separate location; housed at a State Prison, where they would eventually be executed.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/the-walking-dead-things-that-make-no-sense-about-the-prison/

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