After the Time Blank experiment wasn't entirely successful, the Department imprisoned Taphony in a detention facility to keep it from being revealed. Gryffen hacked into virtual reality and unlocked her cell. She was met by two CCPC guards but she turned them to dust. Gryffen then transported her via the Space-Time Manipulator. (TV: Taphony and the Time Loop) Not every Department prison used virtual reality. Neither Dauntless Prison (TV: Liberation) nor the prison the Medes were kept in did so. (TV: Alien Avatar)