The Bakura Imperial Prison served as a detention complex in orbit around the Wild Space world of Bakura. This installation appeared to feature a pair of expansive solar sails and exhibited rapid rotational movement. In 3 ABY, the Rebel Alliance launched a raid on this station with the goal of liberating its prisoners.
This Imperial prison near Bakura was a fortified space station, equipped with a multitude of turbolasers poised to engage any unauthorized vessels approaching too closely.
In addition to its turbolaser emplacements, a continuous stream of TIE fighters maintained patrols in the surrounding space. The facility also included docking bays that accommodated Imperial transports, which regularly arrived carrying new prisoners. Besides the docking bays, there was also at least one external holding area for various TIES at the facility, including TIE/sa Bombers.
Exposed structural girders were visible on the upper "wheel" section of the space station, suggesting that it was either still under construction as of 3 ABY or undergoing repairs at the time.
Following the Rebel Alliance's defeat at the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY, Imperial forces captured several scientists on the ice-covered planet. Due to their allegiance to the Rebellion, they were incarcerated and transported to this prison.
Subsequently, Rebel General Crix Madine devised a strategy to extract the scientists, and Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron were dispatched to the Bakura system. Upon their arrival, they discovered Imperial transports in the process of evacuating the scientists from the station. Wedge intervened, employing his ion guns to prevent their escape. Rebel evacuation transports then arrived, and despite persistent attacks from Imperial starfighters and the destruction of a third transport by an unidentified Imperial vessel, the battle ultimately resulted in a Rebel victory. Because Hobbie was shot down shortly after retrieving the second batch of prisoners and Wedge Antilles' X-Wing not having room for two, the latter had to steal a TIE bomber from the prison in order to have the vehicle necessary to rescue Hobbie.