Could trusted players of that prison be given jobs for good pay? Like guarding, repairing faulty cell cages, craft those cool suspended prisoner holders, retrieve a prisoner escapee', other good jobs that would be thought of in the future.
It would be nice if there were good paying jobs out there that can actually benefit the good players in the game.
Prison Wardens : 800+ or 1000+ karma for job access?
I really like this prison idea, give bounty hunters a good reason to keep the miscreants alive for cash bonus.
Edit: Another good idea, put collars on the prisoners so that it will be obvious to see an escapee' roaming in a city, have the collar act as a "Bear Collar" and the bounty hunter will be given a sensory device that describes how close the prisoner escapee is to the bounty hunter.
Example: Bounty Hunter enters a town,
" Sensory Device starts to make a slow paced beeping noise "
You get closer to assigned prisoner escapee' - " Sensory Device is beeping erratically "
You'll be given a special rifle to sedate the prisoner for a few minutes, giving you enough time to put a cuff or chain around him. Then the prisoner is either forced to follow bounty hunter to the prison or instantly sent to the prison cell.
If the sedating rifle round is not used on the prisoner and on another player, the town guards will shoot the bounty hunter.