 Not only are the characters named after prisons but they reflect the  prisons themselves. Example: Kazan (the mentally challenged  character), in Russia is a disorganized prison. Rennes (the  "mentor") was a jail that pioneered many of todays prison policies.  Quentin (the detective) is known for its brutality. Holloway is a  womens prison, and Alderson is a prison where isolation is a common  punishment. Leavenworth runs to a rigid set of rules (Leavens  mathematics), and the new prison is corporately owned and built  (Worth, hired as an architect).