Brig

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The brig is a secure area in a starship or starbase used to accommodate individuals who must be detained - such as criminals or other dangerous individuals. The brig is also used to confine those found guilty of violating the law, or in the case of Starfleet members regulations.

The first brig's on Earth Starfleet vessels were small cells with solid doors, later Federation Starfleet vessels and installations utilized force fields to hold inmates which could be switched on or off to allow access.

When the USS Enterprise-D was transporting Kommandant Ghud to his trial on Wyath he was held in the ship's brig, as opposed to guest quarters, at the specific request of the people of Wyath. (TNG comic: "Light of the Day")

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