The prison barge landing bays consisted of three docking stations that facilitated the connection of prison barges for the purpose of offloading prisoners into the cylinders of the Narkina 5 Imperial Prison Complex. These docking stations were situated on Level 8, in proximity to the cylinder command center. In the course of the Narkina 5 prison escape, prisoners making their escape leaped from these landing bays down into the water situated below.