List of fictional prisons

This list consists of fictional prisons from various works of literature, film and television:

Prison Location 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 Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
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 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)
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)
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 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (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)
The Void/Outer Darkness Void, 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)
El Grande Fort San Esperinto Just Cause (2006)
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
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 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)
Jacinto Maximum Security Prison Jacinto Plateau Gears of War (2006)
Larangan Prison Singapore Apprentice (2016)
Le Galera Insula Fonte Just Cause 3 (2015)
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 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)
Night City Prison Night City, California Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)
Norwood New Jersey Lock Up (1989)
Nova Prospekt Eastern Europe Half-Life 2 (2004)
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 Thief: Deadly Shadows (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 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (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)
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
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 Silent Hill 4: The Room (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
  • 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)
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