Matt held his own well enough in the arc where he's sent to prison in the comics. He was in solitary at first before they threw him in with the rest of the inmates. He put on a mask and beat the shit out of Leland Owlsley, lol.

But I think Matt would probably jump right to violence at first to protect himself because he know he'll get throw in solitary for it. And then he realizes how much worse solitary really is.