List of fictional prisons

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

The Boiling Rock: The Fire Nation: Avatar: The Last Airbender The Citadel: Lola Sayu: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Sunspot Prison: unknown: Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2017)

Prison	Location	Appeared in
444th Air Base	Zapland (in the fictional country of Osea)	Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (2019)
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)
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	Prison Break (2005) Breakout Kings (2011)
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)
Grindcore	Cybertron	The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye (2015)
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	Silent Hill: Homecoming (2012) Silent Hill: Downpour (2009)
Pavelock Prison	South Quarter, The City	Thief: Deadly Shadows (2004)
Perm-14	Siberia	Hitman 2 (2018)
Persephone Correctional Facility	Rapture	BioShock 2 (2010)
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
Prison of Hope	Boletaria	Demon's Souls (2009)
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)
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)
Westgate Penitentiary	United States	Brute Force (1947)
West Mesa Penitentiary	West Mesa, Nevada, United States	Henry Stickmin Legacy Series (2007–2015) Henry Stickmin Collection (2020)
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)

References

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