Well, I have been asked many times "Well Saxon, how do you create a Prison server?" (Because I Own A Prison Server)
First, You want a Prison Mine Plugin and Rankup Plugin. You have 2 Options but Ill give you the easy one.
Paid Ranks: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/rankup.17933/

MineResetLite: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/mineresetlite.5773/

PlotSquared: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/plotsquared.1177/
Or
PrisonCells: https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/prisoncells

NoCheatPlus: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/nocheatplus2015-07-25.26/ (To Stop Those Dirty Hackers!)

WorldGuard: https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/worldguard

WorldEdit: https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/worldedit

This Plugin Will Stop People From Crashing Your Server: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/worldedit-command-crash-fix.35962/

You May Need Command Blocker To Stop People From Stealing Your Plugins: https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/block-that-command (Block Commands Like /pl /bukkit:? /bukkit:pl /help etc.

If Your Server Is 1.8 You Can Allow People To Join On 1.9,1.10,1.11 Clients To Join With This Plugin: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/viaversion.19254/

I hope It Helped You! If You Want Me To Put A Plugin In This Thread, Just Ask Me!