Astor Neils

"It’s been a long time since I had the pleasure of spilling someone’s guts."

- Astor

Astor Neils is an inmate serving a life sentence in San Hill where he is confined to solitary. Near the end of Season One, he has been released into general population, but was sent back to solitary in Season Two after attacking Sanders.

Appearance
Unlike the other inmates, Astor wears a beige prison uniform that shows he has spent a longer time in San Hill. He has scruffy brown hair of uneven lengths, and scarring on his neck.

Personality
Calm and charismatic, Astor does not have the typical demeanor of someone who has been locked in solitary for such a long time. However, his exposure to general population has caused him to become unhappy, longing for solitude once again.

Season One
Prior to being incarcerated, Astor was a doctor who performed red room torture shows on the dark web.

Astor mentions that he thinks he has been in solitary at least a year, but has been in and out several times. He also mentions that he never really made friends in the prison system due to how often his cellmate was changed, he is however familiar with Adam Lee who he has spent time alongside in psych.

On his birthday in 2021, Astor was released from solitary back into general population, and assigned Grey McCorduck as a cellmate.

Season Two
Astor begins season two recovering from the food poisoning incident, and is considerably more subdued than he would typically act. He is one of the first inmates to meet the new warden, Soren White, and expresses anger and disappointment at not being able to personally kill Odysseus before his retirement.

He is assigned the job of compound clerk by Soren, both as a means to keep him occupied and to also keep a closer eye on him. He betrayed Soren's trust by attacking and critically injuring Sanders in the greenhouse, although he claims this was merely an effort to return to solitary.

Neutral

 * Grey McCorduck - cellmate.
 * Syrus Norwood - Astor 'met' Syrus when he was first placed in solitary.
 * Soren White

Enemies

 * Odysseus - Astor's long-term trip to solitary was caused from his attempt to murder the warden.
 * Adam Lee - Astor is shown to be familiar with Adam due to both being in the Psychiatric unit at the same time.
 * Sanders - Astor 'met' Sanders when he was first placed into solitary. After Astor's release, he makes contact with Sanders in the general population, forming something of an alliance with a firm handshake. Although his attack on Sanders was not pre-meditated, and he simply happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, their relationship has been shattered.

Trivia

 * Soren White mentions that Astor's crimes were well publicized in the news.