Ravencroft
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Ravencroft
Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane in the Marvel Universe was a maximum security prison for the mentally ill (not unlike Arkham Asylum of the DC Universe). Many insane murderers and supervillains, such as Carnage and Venom, were kept at Ravencroft. The institute was first mentioned in Web of Spider-Man #112, written by Terry Kavanagh. The institute is officially opened in Web of Spider-Man Annual #10 (1994). Dr. Ashley Kafka was the founder and first director of Ravencroft. John Jameson was head of security. Both were fired in Spectacular Spider-Man #246 and Dr. Leonard Samson became Ravencroft's new director. The institute hasn't appeared since and in Leonard Samson's recent appearances, he owns a private practice. Also, Chameleon is listed as being held their in Christopher L. Bennett's book Spider-Man: Drowned in Thunder.