Bible Verses About Prisons: Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends

Meanwhile, Yochanan the Immerser, who had been put in prison, heard what the Messiah had been doing; so he sent a message to him through his talmidim,

I needed clothes and you provided them, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

He ordered the captain to keep Sha’ul in custody, but to let him have considerable liberty and not prevent any of his friends from taking care of his needs.