List of fictional prisons explained

This list consists of fictional prisons from various works of literature, film and television:! scope=col|Prison! scope=col| Location! scope=col| Appeared in|-| Abbot State Penitentiary || Carnate Island, Maryland || The Suffering (2004)|-| Arkham Asylum || Gotham City || Batman, first app. Batman #258 (1974)|-| Alamosa Maximum Security Juvenile Hall || Colorado || South Park episode Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 (2000)|-| Alcarazz || unknown || Bars and Stripes Forever (1939)|-| Alderney State Correctional Facility || Liberty City || Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)|-| Alma Mater State Prison || Anywhere City || Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999)|-| Ashecliffe Hospital || Boston Harbor Islands ||

|-| Azkaban Prison || North Sea, Britain ||

|-| Balduq Prison || Gllia || |-| Bargate Prison || Albion || Fable (2004)|-| Belle Reve || Louisiana ||

|-| Big City Federal Penitentiary || Big City, United States || Scooby-Doo (DC Comics) issue 50 Big House Brouhaha (2001)|-| Bolingbroke Penitentiary || San Andreas || Grand Theft Auto V (2013)|-| HMP Blakedown || Devon, England || Convict 99 (1938)|-| Blackgate Penitentiary || near Gotham City || Batman|-| Boomsby || Bangalla || The Phantom, first app. "The Slave Market of Mucar" (1961)|-| Boltovo Dam || Mariel System || Star Wars expanded universe novel: Liberty Edge (2016)|-| HMP Brackerley || Yorkshire, England || Brackerley Prison Mysteries (2021–present)|-| HMP Broadmarsh || London, England || Dead Boss (2012)|-| Butcher Bay || Unspecified planet || (2004)|-| Camp Holliday || United States || Wedlock (1991)|-| Checkpoint 19 || Zubrowka || The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)|-| Citadel Correctional Facility || Los Angeles || (2010)|-| Citadel Prison || Golden City || (1994)|-| Cheever Penitentiary || United States || Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode The Last Inmate! (2020)|-| Cochlea Ghoul Detention Center || Tokyo, 23rd ward || Tokyo Ghoul (2011)|-| Coldridge Prison || Dunwall || Dishonored (2012)|-| Cold Mountain Penitentiary || Louisiana (film) ||

|-| Coolsville Penitentiary || Coolsville, California || Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022)|-| Cragscleft Prison || Mountains around The City || (1998)|-| Creedmore Prison || Wyoming || Prison (1987)|-| Crematoria Triple-Max Prison || Planet Crematoria || The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)|-| HMP Crown Hill || Midsomer (fictional county in England) ||

|-| Crystal Cove Animal Asylum for the Criminally Insane || Crystal Cove, California || Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode Beware the Beast from Below (2010)|-| Darkbrook Maximum Security Prison || United States || Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! episode Professor Huh? Part 1 (2017)|-| Darkwoods Penitentiary || Carcer City || Manhunt (2003)|-| Deep Gut Prison || City of London || Mortal Engines (film)|-| HMP Dickens Hill || London || EastEnders|-| Damage Control Supermax || California ||

|-| Deireadh prison || Oxenfurt || (2015)|-| Division of Corrections Road Prison 36 || Florida || Cool Hand Luke (1967)|-| Durgesh Prison || Kyrat, The Himalayas || Far Cry 4 (2014)|-| Düsterstadt || Bavaria || The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode Germany, Mid-August 1916 (1992)|-| Dol Guldur || Mirkwood, Middle-earth || The Lord of the Rings (1954)|-| East Lee S. Capable Maximum Security Prison || New York City || Justice Squad|-| Eisenwald Prison || Berlin|| (2014)|-| Elevenworth Prison || Canada || The Dudley Do-Right Show episode Elevenworth Prison (1959)|-| Elliott Bay Penitentiary || Seattle, Washington || The Killing (U.S. TV series) (2013)|-| Ellsworth Federal Penitentiary || Kansas || (2006)|-| Erewhon Prison || Unknown || Face/Off (1997)|-| HMP Farnleigh || Oxford, England || Inspector Morse (1978–2000), Endeavour (2013–present)|-| Fiorina "Fury" 161 || Extraterrestrial planet || Alien 3 (1992)|-| Folsom Prison || United States || Cow and Chicken episode Field Trip to Folsom Prison (1997)|-| Fox River State Penitentiary || Joliet, Illinois ||

|-| Gateway Prison || New Jersey || Lock Up (1989)|-| Goodwood Women's Prison || Melbourne, Victoria, Australia || Neighbours (1985)|-| Gouffre Martel || France || The Stars My Destination (1956)|-| Grafton Penitentiary || West Virginia || (2009)|-| Green Dolphin Street Maximum Security Prison || Port St. Lucie, Florida || Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean (2000)|-| The Gulag || Kansas || Kingdom Come (1996)|-| Hang-em-all Prison || Unknown || The Three Stooges: In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941)|-| Hartmann Federal Penitentiary || Empire Bay, United States || Mafia II (2010)|-| Helena || Endiness || Legend of Dragoon (1999)|-| Hellglaz Concentration and Extermination Camp || The Devilfire Empire || A Devilfire Nightmare (TBA)|-| Highgate Prison || New Mexico, United States || The Earth is My Prison (2020)|- | Hope County Jail || Hope County, Montana || Far Cry 5 (2018)|- | Illsveil || Filgaia || Wild Arms 2 (1999)|-| Impel Down || Calm Belt || One Piece (1997–present)|-| Iron Heights || Keystone City || Flash: Iron Heights (2001)|-| Iron Heights || Central City || Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode One Minute Mysteries! (2020)|-| Jacinto Maximum Security Prison || Jacinto Plateau || Gears of War (2006)|-| Larangan Prison || Singapore || Apprentice (2016)|-| HMP Letherbank[1] || West Midlands || Doctors (2000–present)|-| Litchfield Correctional Facility || Litchfield, New York || Orange Is the New Black (2013)|-| HMP Larkhall || London, England || Bad Girls (1999–2006)|-| Lost Heaven County Prison || Lost Heaven, United States || (2020)|-| LunarMax Prison || The Moon || Men in Black 3 (2012)|-| Miami-Dade State Penitentiary || Miami || (2009)|-| Montgomery Burns State Prison || Springfield || The Simpsons episode The Seven-Beer Snitch (2005)|-| MS One || Artificial Earth satellite || Lockout (2012)|-| Night City Prison || Night City, California || Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)|-| Norwood || New Jersey || Lock Up (1989)|-| Nova Prospekt || Eastern Europe || Half-Life 2 (2004)|-x|-| Ogygia Prison || Sana'a, Yemen || Prison Break (2005)|-| Oswald State Correctional Facility || Upstate New York || Oz (1997)|-| Overlook Penitentiary || Silent Hill, Maine ||

|-| Pavelock Prison || South Quarter, The City || (2004)|-| Perm-14 || Siberia || Hitman 2 (2018)|-| Persephone Correctional Facility || Rapture || BioShock 2 (2010)|-| Prison of Hope || Boletaria || Demon's Souls (2009)|-| Petropavlovsk Gulag || Russia || (2009)|-| Penal Colony || Sein Island || (2014)|-| Penley T. Housefather Correctional Facility || Arizona || Deus Ex (2000)|-| Pension' de Prison || France || The Inspector episode The Pique Poquette of Paris (1966)|-| The Phantom Zone || fictional dimension || Superman and other DC Comics stories|-| The Raft || New York
Atlantic Ocean (MCU) ||

|-| Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane|| New York || Web of Spider-Man #112 (1994)|-| Rock Vegas Police Station and Jail || Rock Vegas || I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993)|-| HMP Romwell || England || (2008)|-| HMP Redford || Weatherfield, England || Coronation Street (2007)|-| Royal Canadian Hoosgow || Canada || The Inspector episode The Shooting of Caribou Lou (1967)|-| Rura Penthe || Fictional island || 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (film) (1954)|-| Rura Penthe Penal Colony Asteroid || Beta Penthe system, Klingon Empire ||

|-| Prison of Hope || Boletaria || Demon's Souls (2009)|-| Ryall State Prison || Maine || Silent Hill: Downpour (2012)|-| Sentworth Penitentiary || New England || Scooby-Doo (DC Comics) issue #148 Stars Behind Bars (2009)|-| Seravno Prison || Svardia? || Mission: Impossible episode "Old Man Out" (1966)|-| Sharkmoor Prison || Unknown in some sea destroyed || Mortal Engines (film)|-| Shawshank Prison || Maine ||

|-| Shayol || Shayol (planet) || A Planet Named Shayol (1961)|-| Sing Song Prison || United States || Cellbound (1955)|-| Sisika Penitentiary || Lannahechee River || Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)|-| Skull Island || United States || The Scooby-Doo Show episode "The Creepy Case of Old Iron Face" (1978)|-| HMP Slade || Cumbria, England || Porridge (1974–1977), Birds of a Feather – TV series (1995)|-| South Park County Jail || South Park, Colorado || South Park episode "Season Finale" (2019)|-| Slabside Maximum Security Prison || Star City, United States || Arrow (2017–2019)|-| State Prison || California || Dexter's Laboratory episode Dexter Detention (1997)|-| Statesville Prison || California || Police Squad! (1982)|-| The SOM || In an orbit around an unknown exoplanet || Void Bastards (2019)|-| Stockton State Penitentiary || Stockton, California || Sons of Anarchy (2008)|-| HMP Stone Park || Unknown || Within These Walls (1974)|-| Stormcage Containment Facility || Unknown planet || Doctor Who (2010)|-| Superjail || Dimension 5612 || Superjail! (2007)|-| Takron-Galtos || Takron-Galtos || Adventure Comics #359 (1967)|-| The Tanty || Ankh-Morpork || Feet of Clay (1996)|-| HMP Teddington || Teddington, England || The Benny Hill Show and The Best of Benny Hill|-| Townsville Prison || Townsville || The Powerpuff Girls (1998)|-| Toluca Prison || Silent Hill, Maine || Silent Hill 2 (2001)|-| The Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane || Los Angeles, California ||

|-| The Vault || Colorado || Avengers Annual #15 (1986)|-| The Village || Hotel Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Wales || The Prisoner (1967)|-| Virginia Central Penitentiary || Waverly, Virginia || The Following (2013)|-| Wakefield State Prison || Arkansas || Brubaker (1980)|-| Warrinor Prison || Melbourne, Victoria, Australia || Neighbours (1985)|-| Water Prison || Silent Hill || (2004)|-| Wentworth Detention Centre or Wentworth Correctional Centre || Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ||

|-| Westgate Penitentiary || United States || Brute Force (1947)|-| West Mesa Penitentiary || West Mesa, Nevada, United States ||

|-| The Wheel of Kharnabar || Sibornal, Helliconia || Helliconia Winter (1985)|-| Winterhaven County Jail || Winterhaven, United States || The Scooby-Doo Show episode Watt a Shocking Ghost (1976)|-| Wholesome Prison || United States || The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show episode Scooby's Gold Medal Gambit (1983)|-| Wolfenstein Prison || Bavarian Alps || (2015)|-| The Ziggurat || Paragon City, Rhode Island || City of Heroes (comics and videogame)|-| Zordaya Prison Complex || Verdansk || Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)|-

Notes and References

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