Many Belle Reve patients will do anything to escape, and some have succeeded. The facility lacks sufficient security to prevent certain metahumans from escaping. Lionel Luthor was able to escape using the Kryptonian powers he received as an oracle of Jor-El, and Clark has both broken in and out of Belle Reve as well. Dr. Frederick Walden escaped using energy-projection powers to shatter his window, while Tina Greer escaped by burning another patient to death; after faking her suicide, she used her shapeshifting powers to escape. Tommy Lee and the Twins also used their electrical and forcefield powers to escape from Belle Reve, with some help from Lex Luthor.
Publication Information
- Smallville : Belle Reve Sanitarium
- Version : Smallville Series
- Type : Institution
- Known as :
- Mental institution
- Metahuman prison
- Dangerous Smallville residents
- Field : Mental health
- Location : Smallville
- Owner : United States of America Goverment
- Season : Smallville
In addition to physical security breaches, both the medical and the administrative staff is corrupt enough so that inmates can be regularly smuggled out. These escaped inmates have either been experimented upon in Lex Luthor's Level 33.1 or fought for their lives in Richtor Maddox's underground fight club. Patients can also be released for good behavior. Dr. McBride released Alicia Baker after she had been treated. A condition of her release was regular psychiatric sessions and for her to wear a lead bracelet that inhibited her teleportation powers. Tyler McKnight, a jewel thief, was also eventually let out for good behavior.
Staff
- Claire Foster : Psychiatrist
- William McBride : Psychiatrist
- Dr. Caselli : Physician
- Richtor Maddox : Executive administrator
- Tina Greer
- Lex Luthor
- Lionel Luthor
- The Twins
- Bette Sans Souci
- Frederick Walden
- Van McNulty
- Eric Summers
- Ian Randall
- Alicia Baker
- Tim Westcott
- Tommy Lee
- Tyler McKnight
- Bronson
- Ben Meyers
- Randy Klein
- Desaad
