Spiritual Condemnation Calaboose

The renown underwater prison, the SCC, is the Soul Society's maximum-security prison for the most dangerous and malicious criminals. Sea monsters thrive in the water around the structure, making it difficult to escape or even enter. Because of its brutal nature, to date, there is no one who has successfully escaped. It is a hell-fortress with maximum defenses, making intrusion and breaking-out by criminals impossible. The SCC is a large submerged tower-like structure whose foundation is at the very bottom of the sea bed. Due to it being built within the ocean, the entire structure is constantly surrounded by gigantic sea creatures swimming below the water. Within the dark confines of the prison are various cells and torture chambers that are used for the prisoners. The cells are all made from Sekkiseki to keep those with powers from escaping. The torture chambers are used for all sorts of brutal unspeakable acts. Among these include continuous whipping, brutal beating to death, boiling cauldrons for burning and drowning, and spiked pits used for impaling. Those who are found guilty in Supreme Court Cases or are deemed too dangerous to be taken to court are sent here.


When prisoners arrive in the SCC, they are put in boiling water to disinfect and sterilize them. Most prisoners then have their clothes taken before they are given a striped black and white shirt and trousers. However, they are permitted to keep certain articles of clothing, and there are some exceptions. After sterilization and a change of clothing, the prisoners are then placed in one of the six known levels of the SCC, based on their crimes and strength. The more heinous or powerful a prisoner is, the lower the level they will be placed. From then on, the prisoners are tortured everyday in various ways, depending on their assigned levels, with most of them supposedly having no chance of ever leaving alive. Breakout of the SCC is virtually impossible, due to the defenses from the extremely powerful traps and guards of the place, with the sea creature-infested waters being its ultimate barricade.


The prison is carefully monitored all around by a Surveillance Hell Butterfly. Tiny versions of them are found in specific locations throughout the prison. Whatever they see is transferred to a larger version that sends video feeds to monitors connected to it, allowing the guards to keep surveillance. Each of the smaller versions has an alarm beeper connected to their bodies. The large Surveillance Hell Butterfly is kept in a monitor room somewhere within the fortress. There is also what appears to be a medical laboratory stationed somewhere within the great jail, with doctors and a variety of medical equipment for immediate treatments of anyone within the prison, both prisoner and staff alike.



Along with various cells to keep inmates, each level possesses a unique form of torture. Because of these unspeakable acts being performed, each level is given the title of hell. With each descending level, the tortures worsens.

The first level of the SCC in which prisoners are kept. While the level relatively is used for less wanted criminals, it contains a large forest of red trees. The leaves of the trees, known as Kenju (bladed tree), are as sharp as blades, while the grass on the floor, the Haribarisō (needle grass), is as spiky as needles. Here, prisoners are forced to run through the forest while being chased by poisonous spiders and guards to experience all the pain from being cut from all directions. As consequence of prisoners being forced through this forest, it is soaked in blood. Deep within the forest is a hole that leads to Level 2. For those who do not wish to live through the pain of being cut any longer, they were given the option of jumping down the hole to Level 2, which contains an even more terrifying hell that nobody is willing to risk. The security here seems to be somewhat lax, though.

The second level of the SCC in which prisoners are kept. It contains various wild beasts of sorts. With these various beasts, prisoners kept here are forced to be chased by them through the corridors of the level. Because of the fearsome danger, prisoners often either lose the will to go on, or refuse to escape even when their cells are unlocked.

The third level of the SCC in which prisoners are kept. On this level, prisoners feel the heat rising up from Level 4 and are given precious little food and water to keep them in a near death state. They are reduced to the point where, by merely looking at them, one cannot tell that they were ever once frightening criminals. And while the temperature here is nothing compared to level below, it is intense enough to cause overwhelming dryness, resulting in Level 3's somewhat desert-like terrain. In the middle of the level is a large hole going directly to Level 4 down below. This, combined with a gigantic fan directly above the hole, serves as the main ventilation system to redirect the smoke produced from below. Level 4 can be reached through this hole, however, to travel down it holds a risk of death or scalding by the fire and heat from the floor below.

The fourth level of the SCC in which prisoners are kept. At this level, a pool lies filled with boiling blood heated by a raging fire making it extremely hot. The heat caused by this is so intense that it also heats up the level directly above it. If one tries to jump down to this level from Level 3 using the large hole used for ventilation above but don't land in a safe place, then they will die. Prisoners from other levels are regularly tortured here. The most prevalent form of torture however is being thrown into the gigantic pot of boiling blood in the middle of the level. Tokushima, the warden of the SCC, stays here. His office contains a lift, which can take several people to all the levels throughout the fortress, bypassing the stairs. This is also where the kitchen of the prison is located, right next to his office. However, he is unfazed by the heat of this level.

The fifth level of the SCC in which prisoners are kept. In stark contrast to the level above it, the entire level here is a giant freezer. The level is so cold that not only do the prisoners kept here either freeze to death or lose pieces of their flesh from severe frostbite, but the food given to them is frozen to the level of being virtually inedible. Due to the extreme cold, Hell Butterflies don't function in this Level, thus cutting off both contact and surveillance, except on the locations localized around the entrances that connects Level 5 to the previous and next levels. Along with the severe cold, the level is inhabited by wolves. These wolves roam around the level like the beasts of Level 2, where they were originally stationed at. However, they proved to be too brutal to be in Level 2 as they also hunted the other beasts as well.

The lowest level of the SCC. It is where prisoners who are insanely powerful, have caused crimes extremely atrocious, and/or whose mere existences have become a major threat to the Soul Society itself are kept. It is said that even a single Level Six prisoner lurking in a remote area could be an incredible danger to the public. The prisoners on this level have been given either the death penalty or a life sentence. They are basically "erased" from history. Most believe that Level 6 is but a mere rumor and does not exist. Interestingly enough, even though Level 6 is considered the worst hell, prisoners kept here are never actually tortured. It is simply a holding cell for life or until an execution and prisoners do not have to endure terrible conditions (burning heat, freezing cold, etc.) unlike the higher floors. However, this is because they are unaffected by those conditions. The inhabitants of this level are simply too powerful to be affected by torture. Nevertheless, solitary imprisonment has been proven to be an effective torture, where even some state that the boredom makes them wish for death.


IMPORTANT NOTE!!:
Persons who are sent to the SCC will not actually spend the rest of their time there. They well be sent there and spend a period of time there, during which they cannot post in any other IC threads and are punished accordingly for their crimes. During this time, they can be visited by other members or can speak with others in the SCC with them. Once a certain amount of time has passed, persons previously imprisoned will be freed. Again, this is an IC thread and should be treated as such. No one should be posting here unless they're visiting a prisoner or are a prisoner themselves. Certain special cases may be allowed. Contact the first division captain for permission to post here if you are not a prisoner or visiting a prisoner.