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[[Image:Deanhell.JPG |right|thumb|400px|Dean in Hell]]
Hell has been described as "...a prison, made of bone and flesh and blood and fear" and to be undesirable for both demons and as-yet uncorrupted human souls.<sup>[[2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign]]</sup> Hell has nine circles, the ninth of which is [[Lucifer's Cage]].<sup>Interview with Sera Gamble</sup>
==Purpose==
Hell is the place of punishment and pain in the afterlife. Humans who sell their souls to a [[Crossroads Demon]] or other [[demon]] go to Hell. It is unclear how or if other humans end up there, though [[Joshua]] suggests it is at [[God]]'s discretion. Human souls who are sent to Hell are tormented until they choose to torture other human souls, at which point their humanity begins to be stripped away and they become demons.<sup>[[3.09 Malleus Maleficarum]]</sup> Even demons find residing in Hell a torment.
[[Alastair]] tortured [[Dean]] and [[John Winchester]] while they were in Hell, and they saw Alastair's true demonic form while there. According to Alastair, John Winchester spent 100 years on his rack. He escaped through the [[Devil's Gate in Wyoming]] during the events of [[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]], and as of yet has not been located even in [[Heaven]].
Dean spends four months of Earth time in Hell, but he reports that time passes differently there: for him it is more like forty years ([[4.10 Heaven And Hell]]). This makes 3 days on earth roughly equivalent to a year in hell. During his time in Hell, Dean is tortured and each 'day' his wounds are healed so that the torture can begin again. At the end of each session, Alastair offers to stop the torment if Dean agrees to become a torturer of souls himself. After 'thirty years' in hell (or 3 months on Earth), Dean accepts the offer and starts torturing souls. A righteous man beginning corruption in Hell broke the first of [[The 66 Seals]], starting the process to free [[Lucifer]]. Alastair also made the same offer to John Winchester that he made to Dean, but John held out until his escape.
==Escape from Hell==
===Ambiguous Escape===
Some demons appear to be able to move freely between Hell and the mortal realm, such as [[Alastair]]. Others are trapped and can only escape through portals such as Devil's gates. When a demon is exorcised, it usually leaves its [[meatsuit]] and returns to Hell, whereas the [[Colt]] and [[Ruby's Knife]] can kill a [[demon]], either destroying it permanently or sending it to a location such as [[Purgatory]]. With his psychic ability Sam exorcises, and eventually kills, demons.
===Angel Rescue===
[[Castiel]] reports that angels laid siege to Hell to rescue Dean before he broke the first seal, but did not reach him in time. Eventually, it is Castiel who rescues him.
===Devil's Gate===
See [[Devil's Gate]].
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===Escape from Lucifer's Cage===
[[Image:300px-Lucifer's Portal.png|300px|right|thumb|The mouth to [[Lucifer's Cage]] is opened.]]
Lucifer is imprisoned in Hell but separately from demons, in what is called [[Lucifer's Cage]], and is held captive by the [[The 66 Seals|seals]].
It appears that hell is split up into sections. [[Lucifer's Cage]] is in fact the 9th circle of Hell, according to an interview with [[Sera Gamble]]. This section of hell is the least desirable and not even Archangels can escape without a door way being opened from the outside, via breaking the [[The 66 Seals]] or via the Cage's keys, or [[Horsemen's Rings]]. Other evidence is when [[Azazel]] contacts [[Lucifer]] and states that Lilith is "trapped deep, deep within the pit".<sup>[[4.22 Lucifer Rising]]</sup>
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==Quotes==
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[[3.09 Malleus Maleficarum]].
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