Hecuba Prison. In ancient Greek literature Hecuba was Queen of Troy, wife of King Priam. When Troy fell she was taken prisoner and made a slave, by some accounts the slave of Odysseus.
Thee prison seal, or logo, has as its center a highly curved two-headed axe blade. That double axe is the 'labrys'. In ancient Minoan iconography the labrys was associated with the supreme deity, a goddess. Since the 1970s the labrys has become the general symbol for all things matriarchal, from Wicca to lesbian separatism.
During the childbirth scene Jobina says to Bo, "You thought the speculum was salad tongs." A speculum is used to distend an orfice to facilitate visual examination and looks a bit like a duck-billed pistol. The salad tongs are obstretical forceps used to guide and draw out a baby's head during delivery.
Tommie-Amber Pirie (Sylvie) and Angela Besharah (Jobina) both later appeared on the series "Bitten" (2014).