Brig

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Holding cell, 2366 — A holding cell in use in 2366

Reyab holding cell — The holding cell of theReyab

For the vessel type, please seeBrig (vessel).

Abrig (also known as asecurity cell,security holding, orholding cell) was a type ofprison on board astarship,space station, orplanetaryfacility. They were heavily guarded rooms that employed either gates orforce fields to keep those incarcerated segregated from the general population. These areas were used to containcriminals,fugitives, those who are deemed a danger to themselves or others, and others who posed a security risk and must be detained. They were also used as a means of punishment within theStarfleet ranks. (VOY: "Thirty Days")

In thescript for "Ménage à Troi", the brig aboard theFerengi vesselKrayton was identified as a "holding tank".

On theUSSShenzhou, the brig's emergency evacuation protocol may be invoked if a critical situation occurs requiring prisoner evacuation. Ethical protocols state that prisoner evacuation is to occur in life-saving circumstances only. (DIS: "Battle at the Binary Stars")

Prior to theXindi incident,Enterprise NX-01 was refitted with a brig. It contained a single bunk bed and was nearly soundproof. While designed to hold two occupants, the brig was capable of holding three prisoners. It was redesigned followingthe Xindi mission, with the single cell being split into two. (ENT: "Anomaly (ENT)", "Stratagem", "Affliction") The brig's prisoners includedOsaarian pirate Orgoth,Oran'taku Rajiin,Triannon Pri'Nam D'Jamat, a group of threeXindi-Primates (namelyDegra,Thalen andanother individual),Lorian,Cabal senior officialSilik,Doctor Arik Soong, StarfleetLieutenant Malcolm Reed,Klingon soldier Marab, and news reporterGannet. (ENT: "Anomaly (ENT)", "Rajiin", "Chosen Realm", "Stratagem", "E²", "Storm Front, Part II", "Borderland", "The Augments", "Affliction", "Divergence", "Demons", "Terra Prime")

In the final draft script of "Anomaly" (the first episode in whichEnterprise's brig appears), the brig was described thus; "APlexiglass SECURITY DOOR [...] separates the cell from the anteroom. The cell itself is cramped, with two cots and a sink." The brig was also scripted to have an outside door that "slams" closed. However, the equivalent door in the final version of the brig is clearly one that softly slides open and closed.

During the initial stages of amutiny thatT'Pol led aboardEnterprise inJanuary 2154,Commander Tucker feared that, if he and T'Pol were caught byCaptain Archer, they would both end up in the vessel's brig. However, the area ultimately wasn't used for that purpose, as the mutiny succeeded. (ENT: "Hatchery")

While most of the crew was being affected by powerfulpheromones emitted by visitingOrion slave girls in lateDecember of the same year, Tucker threatened severalofficers with confinement to the brig. These included CommanderKelby, due to insubordination, and a pair of engineering crewmen, as they had been quarreling with each other. However, the brig was not used for either officer, since Kelby wasconfined to quarters and the two crewmen were reassigned to separate tasks aboard the ship. (ENT: "Bound")

In 2154 of analternate timeline, the capacity ofEnterprise's brig proved insufficient to hold nineXindi-Reptilians who had recently been taken prisoner aboard the ship, so the Reptilians were instead confined to quarters under heavy guard. In2165 of the same timeline,Enterprise's brig was used to holdYridian spy Yerdrin Lek. (ENT: "Twilight")

In a Xindi-Reptilian brig, the prisoner was chained to the ceiling whilesoldiers punched the captive. (ENT: "Azati Prime")

In 2154, KlingonGeneral K'Vagh imprisonedDenobulan DoctorPhlox in a Klingon holding cell inQu'Vat Colony. (ENT: "Divergence")

In the final draft script of "Divergence", this Klingon cell was described as having "a filth-covered floor worthy of theBastille."

In2155 of themirror universe, CommanderJonathan Archer confined CaptainMaximilian Forrest to the brig aboard theNX-class ISSEnterprise, as part of acoup to take overcommand of the ship. Forrest, however, later escaped with the aid ofT'Pol. (ENT: "In A Mirror, Darkly")

Constitution class (alternate reality), brig — Two guards on duty

23rd century brigs in thealternate reality were guarded byofficers stationed atdesks nearby that allowed them a view of thecells. (Star Trek Into Darkness)

The brig inStar Trek Into Darkness was inspired byPierre Cardin's Bubble House, outsideCannes. (Empire issue 289, p. 44) Designing both the brig's security area and its prisoner holding cell was made the responsibility of Art DirectorHarry Otto, who was at one point photographed while standing in the cell.[1][2]

In an ultimately unused line of dialogue from the final draft script ofTOS: "Charlie X",Spock doubted thatCharles Evans would allow himself to be lured into a "detention cell", which ledKirk and Spock to make an (unsuccessful) attempt (which happens in the episode) to trap Evans in his own quarters, with a force field covering the door.

Members of alanding party from theISSEnterprise were incarcerated in their counterpart brig in2267, while Spock determined a way to return them to the mirror universe. (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror")

The brig on board theUSSEnterprise-A was tested by the most resourceful person available during the design, who failed to escape, and the area was therefore considered "escape proof." The difficulty of breaking free from this brig became a problem for Kirk, Spock, andLeonard McCoy when, in2287,Sybok confined them there and took control of theEnterprise. Starfleet brigs included facilities such as a sink and toilet hidden behind a panel in the wall. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)

24th century brigs were commonly covered on three sides bybulkheads, with an electrostatic force field on the fourth side, which could be turned off and on as an entrance or exit way. The force field could also be made to open just a small gap, wide enough for food to be passed to the prisoner. (VOY: "Repentance")

Roga Danar was held in a holding cell on board theUSSEnterprise-D in2366 after he attackedMiles O'Brien, two security officers, LieutenantWorf, and CommanderRiker.Minister Nayrok proposed to keep him unconscious because he doubted that the holding cell would stop him. Later, when anAngosian police shuttle attempted to beam him into a brig on board their ship, Danar managed to escape. (TNG: "The Hunted")

Later that same year, CaptainPicard ordered Worf to takeQ to theEnterprise-D's brig after Q had been stripped of his powers. Though Q initially resisted, he relented after being threatened with forcibly being taken there. (TNG: "Deja Q")

OnCommander Benjamin Sisko's first day in command ofDeep Space 9, he putNog in the brig after he,Odo andKira caught him and aMarkalian stealing ore samples from theassay office. It was later reveled thatQuark was the real thief. (DS9: "Emissary")

Aboardspace station Deep Space 9, a brig was located behind the station'ssecurity office. (DS9: "Vortex", "Rivals") The holding cells there featured arestroom and amirror. (DS9: "Vortex")

In2369, aTosk was held in a holding cell in DS9's brig. (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")

The same year, DoctorJulian Bashir andMajor Kira Nerys rescuedKobliad Security officerTy Kajada and her prisonerRao Vantika from damagedKobliad transportReyab. The latter was imprisoned in a holding cell aboard the ship. (DS9: "The Passenger")

Rakhari individualCroden was held in a holding cell aboard Deep Space 9 for themurder ofAh-Kel, aMiradorn. (DS9: "Vortex")

In 2369, one ofOdo'simaginings became reality when he envisionedQuark was kept inside a holding cell. (DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")

Voyager brig door sign — The signage on the brig door aboardVoyager

While touring aholographic re-creation of an NX-classcaptain's ready room in2370,Enterprise-DCounselor Deanna Troi commented to Commander Riker that their brig on theEnterprise-D was bigger than the recreated ready room. (ENT: "These Are The Voyages...")

That same yearOdo andQuark arrestedKor forPublic drunkenness after he was playing theBattle of Klach D'kel Brakt in theHolosuite. Odo took him down to the brig to sleep it off, andKoloth arrived minutes later to bail out Kor. When Koloth saw that Kor was still drunk he told Odo to keep him and stormed off to theReplimat.Dax would later bail out Kor. (DS9: "Blood Oath")

Aboard theUSSVoyager in2371,Crewman Kenneth Dalby suggested thatTuvok should confine him to the ship's brig, after Dalby made repairs without an order and caused malfunctions of several systems. (VOY: "Learning Curve")

In2372,Admiral Leyton placed CaptainBenjamin Sisko in aStarfleet Headquarters holding cell, to prevent Sisko from exposing acoup that Leyton was attempting to orchestrate. (DS9: "Paradise Lost")

Later that year, aDopterian man is arrested for robbingWorf's quarters,Bashir andO'Brien try to stop Worf from enteringQuark's Bar and all three end up in a holding cell, andBrunt and twoNausicaans are arrested for beating upQuark, all within a few days. (DS9: "Bar Association")

In2373, whenGul Dukat assaultedGarak for spending time with Dukat's daughter,Tora Ziyal, Quark convinced him that he should stand down or he would haveConstable Odo take him to a holding cell. (DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow")

TheIntrepid-class USSVoyager had two brigs. (VOY: "Year of Hell, Part II")

In2374,Security chief Tuvok gaveChief Examiner Nimira of theMari Constabulary a tour aboardVoyager and visited the brig aboard the ship as the concept to lock up a criminal was unknown to theMari. (VOY: "Random Thoughts")

Tom Paris had to spend thirty days inVoyager's brig in2375, after violating thePrime Directive by attempting to destroy aMonean oxygen refinery. (VOY: "Thirty Days")

In2377, acargo bay on-boardVoyager was converted into a large brig with individual cells in order to securely house survivors from a destroyedNygean prison ship. (VOY: "Repentance")

In2381, EnsignBrad Boimler was sentenced to the brig for hisoutburst onTulgana IV, though CommanderJack Ransom expressed approval of Boimler standing up for Starfleet, which his outburst was about. (LD: "Reflections")

By2382 of analternate reality, theUSSCerritos had been modified to house mostly brigs as her captain,Becky Freeman, had a habit of brigging crewmen for even the slightest infraction. She brigged her universe'sTaylor and the prime universe'sKayshon before ultimately being brigged herself. (LD: "Dos Cerritos")

Later in 2382 of the prime reality, EnsignOlly was sentenced to a night in the brig for hiding a melted computer she found inQuadralon's quarters out of fear that, due to her electrical powers, the electrical damage would lead to her being blamed for the state of the room and Quadralon's disappearance. (LD: "Of Gods and Angles")

In2384, AdmiralKathryn Janeway was placed in the brig of theUSSDauntless and relieved of command pursuant toOrder 104, Section C after displaying uncharacteristic behavior. It was unknown at the time that her body was inhabited byDal R'El. (PRO: "Mindwalk")

Later that year, the brig's location in theUSSVoyager-A was labeled in the ship'smaster systems display. (PRO: "Into the Breach, Part I")

A clear view of the Voyager-A MSD was provided by Dominique Rossier of Wardenlight Studio.[3]

MostCardassian brigs were not very comfortable. (DS9: "Duet", "Rivals", "Tribunal") Starfleet brigs were less spartan, as theFederation did not condone cruel and unusual punishment.