I was just offered a prison break quest and they said the captive was denied parole and is treated without honor in the dungeons. Now, what was the reason for the denial, you may ask if you are curious. In the case of dishonorable lords, they might be denied parole because they would supposedly never honor the rules as they are considered untrustworthy. Now breaking out this kind of dishonorable person does not sound very honorable. Of course, all captured lords go to the prison - honorable or not. But to be fair, if you visit them in the prison you may find them at their full health, well fed and without a scratch. There are sometimes more sides of a story. Can you trust the relative with their claims? Are they honorable?
Now many of the companions are not of noble origin and are not entitle to parole and should go straight to prison and you do have the option to pay the ransom to save them from their great misfortune although no one mentions them being beaten up and starved.
There is no need to take notes, unless you did not mean that literally. Because none of this is relevant to the topic or anything I can think of right now. I am just saying what my sense of honor is.