Crucible:Vulture Island

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PHASE II maintains a metahuman detention facility in the Nevada desert, officially known as Vulture Island Detention Facility, but also known as Stronghold West.

LIke other PHASE II facilities, the prison is capable of securely detaining over a thousand metahumans of all types, including those with superhuman strength and energy manipulation capabilities. The prison can even safely constrain metahumans with magical and psionic powers. In addition, the prison includes life support facilities for any number of alien environments.

Vulture Island is where metahuman criminals sentenced or awaiting trial in the western and central portions of North America are detained. According to PHASE II, the prison is 'escape-proof', but this term is, naturally, used loosely.

Notable metahuman felons currently serving here include Channel and Diehard.

A similar facility is kept for metahuman criminals in the eastern portion of North America, in upstate New York, known as Black Iron.