Talk:Overlook Penitentiary

So yeah there was a lot of story changes befor homecoming came out this is one of themTHE10of13 16:28, October 16, 2011 (UTC)

The different locations of Overlook Penitentiary Facilities
As is already noticed, Overlook Penitentiary is featured in both Homecoming and Downpour, and it seems that both installments place it somewhere else on the map.

In Homecoming the prison is situated within the old town segment, while in Downpour it is on a small island within Toluca Lake. I don't think this is an oversight.

To me it seems that Overlook actually has 2 facilities. Perhaps the island facility was used as a maximum security prison for the most dangerous and deranged.

I imagine that childkillers, serial killers, rapists and such were kept on the island, since it is harder to escape that place. So perhaps this island prison held jolly folks like Paul Russel Douglas, and Walter Sullivan.

Dani-Darko (talk) 12:29, July 29, 2012 (UTC)Dani-Darko 29-07-2012 14:29Dani-Darko (talk) 12:29, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

You know I never thought of it like that. I always thought that the riot that Alex talked about in Homecoming could have been so bad that they couldnt properly use it so they built another and left all the prisoners(in Homecoming's Overlook) to die and later the order used it THE10of13 (talk) 16:52, August 2, 2012 (UTC)

I don't think that the prison in Downpour actually is physically there. In Homecoming, it had to be there, since Alex, Wheeler, Elle, Margaret, and the Order were all using it. They were trapped in it together.

In Downpour, it was made to resemble the prison where Murphey had stayed, for the eyes of both Anne and Murpy. We even see flashbacks of the riot that occurred the night Frank was attacked. However, we know that the riot didn't occur in the Overlook penetentiary. Yet all the symbolism and imagery is of that night for Murphy.

I believe Homecoming has the real design and Downpour's has a Silent Hill-twisted craeted design.

JoshuaShepherd (talk) 23:45, October 6, 2012 (UTC)

On the page it says according to Tomm Hullet the prison is purposefully different in Homecoming to Downpour due to the town's powers, but the link to his claim is unavailable.OwnerMan (talk) 00:47, 10 February 2022 (UTC)