Most of all Star Trek the shows have heroic characters who spend their days exploring the galaxy and saving people along the way, some Track characters still find their way to the prison. Even in the optimistic future as presented star trek, very few societies have been able to eradicate crime, means they still need prisons. From Star Trek: The Original Series through modern Trackseveral different types of prisons and correctional institutions emerged, using different types of punishment and rehabilitation methods.
throughout Star Trek long history, some Track characters have actually committed crimes and been sentenced to prison, while others have been wrongfully accused. Advanced societies such as the Federation have developed more humane prisons that focus on rehabilitation, while some alien cultures still use labor camps or other inhumane punishments. Whether he is actually a criminal or not, a few basics Star Trek the characters met with the authorities, including Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) himself.
10 Commander Michael Burnham
Star Trek: Discovery
After growing up on Vulcan and attending the Vulcan Science Academy, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) joined Starfleet and earned a position on the USS Shenzhou. He eventually rose to the rank of commander, to be Captain Philippa Georgiou's (Michelle Yeoh) First Officer. When the Shenzhou encounters a Klingon ship, Burnham insists that they attack first, but Captain Georgiou orders him to hold off.
Commander Burnham later disables Georgiou and takes command of the ship, becoming the first Starfleet officer convicted of mutiny. After his court martial, Burnham was stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment. He had only served six months of his sentence when the USS Discovery intercepted his disabled prison transport. Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs) rescues Burnham and the other prisoners, offers Michael a place aboard the Discovery, and ends his prison sentence.
9 Sybok
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Spock's half-brother Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) is introduced for the first time Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, saw him on a quest to find the mythical planet of Vulcan, Sha Ka Ri, and find God. Despite being raised by Sarek (Mark Lenard), Sybok rejected Vulcan logic and was banished from Vulcan society. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Sybok discovers that K'til Vulcan, the third satellite of Omicron Lyrae, Ankesh, has been sent to a criminal rehabilitation center.
Spock's Vulcan fiancee T'Pring (Gia Sandhu) worked at the facility to help rehabilitate Vulcan criminals, but Sybok, referred to as “Xaverius” to protect Sarek's reputation, continued to defy logic. In Strange new worlds Season 1, Episode 7, “Quiet Storm”, Sybok's girlfriend, Angel (Jesse James Keitel), tried to save him. By seizing the facility and demanding a prisoner exchange. Angel's plan eventually failed and Sybok ended up in prison.
8 Lt. Tom Paris (and Ensign Harry Kim)
Star Trek: Voyager
Before joining the crew of the USS Voyager, Lieutenant Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) had a rocky start to his Starfleet career. Paris was responsible for the pilot crash that killed three of his fellow officers, and he initially tried to cover up his guilt. He was discharged from Starfleet and later found himself working as a mercenary for the Maquis. A few weeks into the case, he was arrested by Starfleet authorities and sentenced to eighteen months in a Federation Penal Settlement in New Zealand.
When the ship was stranded in the Delta Quadrant, Paris stayed aboard Voyager longer than he expected.
Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) has recruited Paris on a mission to search for the Maquis ship Val Jean, giving her a chance to redeem herself. A few years into Voyager's journey, Paris found herself back in prison with Harry Kim (Garrett Wang) on trumped-up charges. from a terrorist attack. Paris and Kim suffered from their time in the inhuman Akritirian prison before Captain Janeway rescued them.
7 Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The USS Enterprise-A is ordered to transport Klingon Chancellor Gorko (David Warner) to Earth for an important peace conference. While accompanying Kronos One, The Enterprise fired on the Klingon flagship and Chancellor Gorkon was killed. The Klingons then arrested Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley), charged them with conspiracy, and sent them to the brutal prison colony on Rura Pente.
With its unfavorable climate and poor working conditions, the life expectancy of prisoners at Rura Penthe was only one year.
Shortly after Kirk and McCoy arrive at the penal colony, they are approached by a shapeshifter named Martia (Faith) who offers to help them escape. In reality, He was offered a pardon if he helped the Klingons kill Kirk and McCoy. Thankfully, Spock (Leonard Nimoy) contacted the Enterprise in time to save Kirk and McCoy, and they made it to the Khitomer peace conference, arriving in time to save the Federation President's (Kurtwood Smith) life.
6 Martia
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
A member of the Chameloid species, Martia could transform her appearance at will into various humanoid forms. Although Martia's crimes against the Klingons remain unknown, they must have been significant enough for her to be sentenced to Rura Pente. In the year 2293 He was offered a full pardon for helping Kirk and McCoy escape, It gives the Klingon guards an excuse to kill them.
After befriending Kirk and McCoy, Martia helped them get beyond Rura Pente's magnetic shield. As they escape, Kirk becomes suspicious of Martia and fights her when she alerts the Klingon guards. Martia proceeded to imitate Kirk's appearance and the real Kirk tricked a Klingon guard and killed Martia Before Spock sent him and McCoy to the Enterprise.
5 Lt. Thomas Ricker
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
In Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 24, “Second Chances”, The USS Enterprise-D encountered a clone of Commander William Ricker (Jonathan Frakes) was abandoned eight years ago on Nervala IV. Known as Thomas Riker, this clone was accidentally created by a transporter malfunction. Thomas and Will hit it off almost immediately, as the past eight years had turned them into very different men.
After leaving the Enterprise and briefly serving in Starfleet, Thomas joined a rebel group known as the Maquis. He then introduced himself as Will Riker and visited the Deep Space 9 Space Station to hijack the newly commissioned USS Defiant. Thomas eventually received a life sentence at the Lazon II labor camp. However, Star Trek: The Lower Decks season 4, episode 9, “Inland Flight”, suggested that Thomas was released from prison because he was on a list of former Starfleet officers to be escorted back to Earth.
4 Miles O'Brien
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Although Chief Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney) was technically only in jail for a few hours DS9 In season 4, episode 19, “Hard Times”, he is given flashbacks of a brutal twenty-year prison sentence. While visiting the planet Argratha, O'Brien was falsely accused of espionage After showing interest in Argratin's technology. To punish criminals, Argrati implanted false memories of a prison sentence tailored specifically to the individual.
From O'Brien's perspective, he spent twenty years in a dark cell with another inmate named Ee'char (Craig Wasson). Near the end of his sentence, O'Brien killed Ee'char Ee'char believed he was harvesting food from it. Ee'char was actually buying food to share, and O'Brien was struggling with guilt after returning to Deep Space Nine. O'Brien's experience was all too real for him, and he nearly took his own life before Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) convinced him to seek help.
3 Michael Eddington
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Lieutenant Commander Michael Eddington (Kenneth Marshall) appeared in nine episodes of the film. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Throughout seasons 3, 4 and 5. After first making contact with the Deep Space 9 Dominion, Eddington was sent to the position of chief of security for Starfleet aboard the space station. Eddington worked under Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) for a year and a half before joining the Maquis.
When Eddington began targeting Cardassian colonies with a biogenic weapon, Sisko threatened to attack the Maquis colonies, forcing Eddington to surrender. Eddington was court-martialed and taken to prison but then it was left to Captain Sisko to investigate a potential Maquis base. By the time Eddington and Sisko arrived, the Jem'Hadar had already attacked the base, and Eddington was killed while helping the surviving Maquis escape.
2 Ro Laren
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Ensign Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes) joined the crew Star Trek: The Next Generation in the aptly titled Ensign Ro and quickly became one of the show's best supporting characters. Before joining the crew of the Enterprise-D, Ro served on the USS Wellington, during which time he was part of a particularly disastrous voyage mission. Roe disobeyed direct orders, leading to the deaths of eight officers. He was court-martialed for his actions and sent to Yarosh II stockade.
Ro later returned to Starfleet and joined the Enterprise-D as an ensign, finding a mentor in Captain Picard. However, Picard was very disappointed Ro later left Starfleet to join the Maquis. as revealed in Star Trek: Picard In season 3, Ro eventually turned himself into Starfleet and was imprisoned again. He was later recruited by Starfleet Intelligence and rose to the rank of commander.
1 Shinzon
Star Trek: Nemesis
Tom Hardy's Shinzo was a clone of Jean-Luc Picard created by the Romulan Star Empire to act as a spy within the Federation. However, after the creation of Shinzon, power within the Romulan Empire shifted and the new leaders abandoned their plans. Without additional use for Shinzon, the young man was sent to work as a slave in the dilithium mines of Remus. Before Reman took pity on him, Shinzon was mistreated by Romulans working in the mines.
When the Dominion War broke out, the Romulans trained Shinzo to fight on the front lines, and he became a powerful commander. After the war, Shinzon began planning to overthrow the Romulan government. free the imprisoned Remans and destroy the Earth. When Shinzo's health began to deteriorate, he hatched a brilliant plan to lure Captain Picart to Romulus for a blood transfusion. Eventually, Picard killed Shinzo in a brutal hand-to-hand fight, ending the horrible and miserable situation. Star Trek villain