Just a thought but "THE GOVERNOR" appears to be a sadistic psychopath....... and Rick and gang are holed up in a prison that was run before the world fell to pieces by a "GOVERNOR" (as they are called in the UK) and lots of prisoners appeared to have be executed by a sadistic psychopath..... As i said.... Just a thought
Interesting thought. However, if they stick with the source material, The Governor of Woodbury neither ran the prison nor was he an inmate.