The command center of the Narkina 5 Imperial Prison Complex served as both the central control room and the command hub for the entire Prison Complex located on Narkina 5.
The commander overseeing a specific prison cylinder, along with a pair of Imperial technicians, managed operations from the command center. The room contained three duty posts, each colored white, which managed vital prison-wide functionalities. These included the ability to activate or deactivate the Tunqstoid steel flooring and to isolate individual levels of the prison. The commander's exclusive duty post granted access to the most critical functions, such as controlling the hydroelectric generator floodgates that supplied power to the entire cylinder, and managing the prison's PA system. Large screens encircled the duty posts, displaying the prisoners' locations as yellow dots overlaid onto detailed black and white schematics of the prison facility.
During the prisoner uprising in 5 BBY, one of the command centers was stormed, resulting in the death of a command technician. Kino Loy and Cassian Jeron Andor, who were prisoners within the facility, utilized the room's controls to disable the floors and unlock all seals and doors throughout the prison, thereby freeing their fellow prisoners.