Rick James' first acting role.
Musician Rick James plays himself in this episode, and visits a prison that the plot is centered on. In real life, James had spent time in prison, and then, a number of years after this episode, he went back to jail after being convicted of crimes including assault.
Warden Chrichton was the name of the warden at Gotham City Penitentiary on the 1966 Batman TV series.