List of fictional prisons

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 ||
 * Shutter Island (novel) (2003)
 * Shutter Island (film) (2010)
 * Azkaban Prison || North Sea, Britain ||
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003)
 * Balduq Prison || Gllia || Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
 * Bargate Prison || Albion || Fable (2004)
 * Belle Reve || Louisiana ||
 * Suicide Squad (1987)
 * Smallville (2001)
 * Young Justice (2011)
 * Suicide Squad (2016)
 * 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 || The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (2004)
 * Camp Holliday || United States || Wedlock (1991)
 * Checkpoint 19 || Zubrowka || The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
 * Citadel Correctional Facility || Los Angeles || Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
 * Citadel Prison || Golden City || Catalyst: Agents of Change (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) ||
 * The Green Mile – novel (1996)
 * The Green Mile – film (1999)
 * Coolsville Penitentiary || Coolsville, California || Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022)
 * Cragscleft Prison || Mountains around The City || Thief: The Dark Project (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) ||
 * Midsomer Murders (1997)
 * Death of a Stranger (1999)
 * 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 ||
 * Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
 * Ms. Marvel
 * She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
 * Deireadh prison || Oxenfurt || The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015)
 * 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|| Wolfenstein: The New Order (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 || Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (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 ||
 * Prison Break (2005)
 * Breakout Kings (2011)
 * Goodwood Women's Prison || Melbourne, Victoria, Australia || Neighbours (1985)
 * Gouffre Martel || France || The Stars My Destination (1956)
 * Grafton Penitentiary || West Virginia || Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (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)
 * Larangan Prison || Singapore || Apprentice (2016)
 * HMP Letherbank || 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 || Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020)
 * LunarMax Prison || The Moon || Men in Black 3 (2012)
 * Miami-Dade State Penitentiary || Miami || Prison Break: The Final Break (2009)
 * Montgomery Burns State Prison || Springfield || The Simpsons episode The Seven-Beer Snitch (2005)
 * MS One || Artificial Earth satellite || Lockout (2012)
 * 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 ||
 * Silent Hill: Homecoming (2012)
 * Silent Hill: Downpour (2009)
 * Pavelock Prison || South Quarter, The City || Thief: Deadly Shadows (2004)
 * Perm-14 || Siberia || Hitman 2 (2018)
 * Prison of Hope || Boletaria || Demon's Souls (2009)
 * Penal Colony || Sein Island || Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (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) ||
 * The New Avengers #1
 * Alias #26
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe
 * 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 || Screwed: The Truth About Life as a Prison Officer (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 ||
 * Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
 * "Judgment" (2003)
 * 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 ||
 * Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (1982)
 * The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
 * 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 ||
 * House on Haunted Hill (1999)
 * Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007)
 * 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 || Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
 * Wentworth Detention Centre or Wentworth Correctional Centre || Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ||
 * Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979–1986)
 * Wentworth (2013–present)
 * West Mesa Penitentiary || West Mesa, Nevada, United States ||
 * Henry Stickmin Legacy Series (2007–2015)
 * Henry Stickmin Collection (2019)
 * 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 || Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (2015)
 * The Ziggurat || Paragon City, Rhode Island || City of Heroes (comics and videogame)
 * Zordaya Prison Complex || Verdansk || Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
 * MS One || Artificial Earth satellite || Lockout (2012)
 * 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 ||
 * Silent Hill: Homecoming (2012)
 * Silent Hill: Downpour (2009)
 * Pavelock Prison || South Quarter, The City || Thief: Deadly Shadows (2004)
 * Perm-14 || Siberia || Hitman 2 (2018)
 * Prison of Hope || Boletaria || Demon's Souls (2009)
 * Penal Colony || Sein Island || Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (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) ||
 * The New Avengers #1
 * Alias #26
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe
 * 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 || Screwed: The Truth About Life as a Prison Officer (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 ||
 * Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
 * "Judgment" (2003)
 * 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 ||
 * Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (1982)
 * The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
 * 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 ||
 * House on Haunted Hill (1999)
 * Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007)
 * 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 || Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
 * Wentworth Detention Centre or Wentworth Correctional Centre || Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ||
 * Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979–1986)
 * Wentworth (2013–present)
 * West Mesa Penitentiary || West Mesa, Nevada, United States ||
 * Henry Stickmin Legacy Series (2007–2015)
 * Henry Stickmin Collection (2019)
 * 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 || Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (2015)
 * The Ziggurat || Paragon City, Rhode Island || City of Heroes (comics and videogame)
 * Zordaya Prison Complex || Verdansk || Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (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 ||
 * House on Haunted Hill (1999)
 * Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007)
 * 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 || Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
 * Wentworth Detention Centre or Wentworth Correctional Centre || Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ||
 * Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979–1986)
 * Wentworth (2013–present)
 * West Mesa Penitentiary || West Mesa, Nevada, United States ||
 * Henry Stickmin Legacy Series (2007–2015)
 * Henry Stickmin Collection (2019)
 * 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 || Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (2015)
 * The Ziggurat || Paragon City, Rhode Island || City of Heroes (comics and videogame)
 * Zordaya Prison Complex || Verdansk || Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
 * 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 || Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
 * Wentworth Detention Centre or Wentworth Correctional Centre || Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ||
 * Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979–1986)
 * Wentworth (2013–present)
 * West Mesa Penitentiary || West Mesa, Nevada, United States ||
 * Henry Stickmin Legacy Series (2007–2015)
 * Henry Stickmin Collection (2019)
 * 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 || Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (2015)
 * The Ziggurat || Paragon City, Rhode Island || City of Heroes (comics and videogame)
 * Zordaya Prison Complex || Verdansk || Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
 * 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 || Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (2015)
 * The Ziggurat || Paragon City, Rhode Island || City of Heroes (comics and videogame)
 * Zordaya Prison Complex || Verdansk || Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
 * Wolfenstein Prison || Bavarian Alps || Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (2015)
 * The Ziggurat || Paragon City, Rhode Island || City of Heroes (comics and videogame)
 * Zordaya Prison Complex || Verdansk || Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
 * Zordaya Prison Complex || Verdansk || Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
 * Zordaya Prison Complex || Verdansk || Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)