History
Genosha Bay was originally settled by Quaker missionaries who built a penitentiary so to isolate prisoners from each other so they could contemplate the gravity of their sins. By the 1930s, Genosha Bay later became a United States extraterritorial prison, which hold prisoners of the worse cases from around the world and was notorious for practicing inhumane punishments on its prisoners ranging from sleep deprivations and water torture. Genosha caught the notice of the public and culminating in a Senate Judiciary Meeting on consider closing the prison. However, even if the prison were to be close down lawmakers were unwilling to let its more severe criminal sociopaths from allowing into America's prisons. In reality, Genosha Bay was used as a proving ground in recruiting the prisoners as a next generation of government operatives.[1]
Points of Interest
- A nearby military hangar bay harboring a "Dirigi-Carrier".
Residents
- Emma Frost - Warden of the prison
- Thomas Halloway (Angel) - Prisoner who escaped
Notes
- Genosha Bay is a nod to Guantanamo Bay, a bay located in Cuba and under United States territory. Furthermore, it is also the location of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, where it was targeted by the media and public for practicing torture on its prisoners.