List of fictional prisons

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

PrisonLocationAppeared in
Abbot State PenitentiaryCarnate 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)
AlcarazzunknownBars and Stripes Forever (1939)
Alderney State Correctional FacilityLiberty City Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
Alma Mater State PrisonAnywhere City Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999)
Ashecliffe Hospital Boston Harbor Islands
Azkaban Prison North Sea, Britain
Balduq PrisonGllia Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Bargate PrisonAlbion Fable (2004)
Belle Reve Louisiana
Big City Federal PenitentiaryBig City, United StatesScooby-Doo (DC Comics) issue 50 Big House Brouhaha (2001)
Bolingbroke PenitentiarySan Andreas Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
HMP Blakedown Devon, England Convict 99 (1938)
Blackgate Penitentiary near Gotham CityBatman
Boomsby Bangalla The Phantom , first app. "The Slave Market of Mucar" (1961)
Boltovo DamMariel 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 BayUnspecified planet The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (2004)
Camp HollidayUnited States Wedlock (1991)
Checkpoint 19Zubrowka The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Citadel Correctional FacilityLos Angeles Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Citadel PrisonGolden City Catalyst: Agents of Change (1994)
Cheever PenitentiaryUnited States Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode The Last Inmate! (2020)
Cochlea Ghoul Detention Center Tokyo, 23rd ward Tokyo Ghoul (2011)
Coldridge PrisonDunwall Dishonored (2012)
Cold Mountain Penitentiary Louisiana (film)
Coolsville PenitentiaryCoolsville, California Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022)
Cragscleft PrisonMountains around The City Thief: The Dark Project (1998)
Creedmore PrisonWyoming Prison (1987)
Crematoria Triple-Max PrisonPlanet Crematoria The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
HMP Crown Hill Midsomer (fictional county in England)
Crystal Cove Animal Asylum for the Criminally InsaneCrystal Cove, California Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode Beware the Beast from Below (2010)
Darkbrook Maximum Security PrisonUnited States Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! episode Professor Huh? Part 1 (2017)
Darkwoods PenitentiaryCarcer City Manhunt (2003)
Deep Gut PrisonCity of London Mortal Engines (film)
HMP Dickens Hill London EastEnders
Damage Control Supermax California
Deireadh prisonOxenfurt The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015)
Division of Corrections Road Prison 36 Florida Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Durgesh PrisonKyrat, 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 PrisonCanada The Dudley Do-Right Show episode Elevenworth Prison (1959)
Elliott Bay Penitentiary Seattle, Washington The Killing (U.S. TV series) (2013)
Ellsworth Federal PenitentiaryKansas Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (2006)
Erewhon PrisonUnknown Face/Off (1997)
HMP Farnleigh Oxford, England Inspector Morse (1978–2000), Endeavour (2013–present)
Fiorina "Fury" 161Extraterrestrial planet Alien 3 (1992)
Folsom PrisonUnited States Cow and Chicken episode Field Trip to Folsom Prison (1997)
Fox River State Penitentiary Joliet, Illinois
Gateway PrisonNew Jersey Lock Up (1989)
Goodwood Women's Prison Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Neighbours (1985)
Gouffre MartelFrance 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 PrisonUnknownThe Three Stooges: In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941)
Hartmann Federal PenitentiaryEmpire Bay, United States Mafia II (2010)
HelenaEndiness Legend of Dragoon (1999)
Hellglaz Concentration and Extermination CampThe Devilfire EmpireA Devilfire Nightmare (TBA)
Highgate PrisonNew Mexico, United StatesThe Earth is My Prison (2020)
Hope County JailHope County, Montana Far Cry 5 (2018)
IllsveilFilgaia Wild Arms 2 (1999)
Impel DownCalm Belt One Piece (1997–present)
Iron Heights Keystone City Flash: Iron Heights (2001)
Iron HeightsCentral City Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode One Minute Mysteries! (2020)
Jacinto Maximum Security PrisonJacinto 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 LarkhallLondon, England Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Lost Heaven County PrisonLost Heaven, United States Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020)
LunarMax Prison The Moon Men in Black 3 (2012)
Miami-Dade State PenitentiaryMiami Prison Break: The Final Break (2009)
Montgomery Burns State Prison Springfield The Simpsons episode The Seven-Beer Snitch (2005)
MS OneArtificial Earth satellite Lockout (2012)
Night City PrisonNight City, California Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)
NorwoodNew Jersey Lock Up (1989)
Nova Prospekt Eastern Europe Half-Life 2 (2004)
Ogygia PrisonSana'a, YemenPrison Break (2005)
Oswald State Correctional FacilityUpstate New York Oz (1997)
Overlook PenitentiarySilent Hill, Maine
Pavelock PrisonSouth Quarter, The City Thief: Deadly Shadows (2004)
Perm-14 Siberia Hitman 2 (2018)
Persephone Correctional Facility Rapture BioShock 2 (2010)
Prison of HopeBoletaria Demon's Souls (2009)
Petropavlovsk Gulag Russia Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
Penal ColonySein 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 JailRock Vegas I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993)
HMP RomwellEngland 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 PentheFictional island 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (film) (1954)
Rura Penthe Penal Colony AsteroidBeta Penthe system, Klingon Empire
Prison of HopeBoletaria Demon's Souls (2009)
Ryall State PrisonMaineSilent Hill: Downpour (2012)
Sentworth PenitentiaryNew EnglandScooby-Doo (DC Comics) issue #148 Stars Behind Bars (2009)
Seravno PrisonSvardia? Mission: Impossible episode "Old Man Out" (1966)
Sharkmoor PrisonUnknown in some sea destroyed Mortal Engines (film)
Shawshank Prison Maine
ShayolShayol (planet) A Planet Named Shayol (1961)
Sing Song PrisonUnited States Cellbound (1955)
Sisika PenitentiaryLannahechee River Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)
Skull IslandUnited 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 JailSouth Park, Colorado South Park episode "Season Finale" (2019)
Slabside Maximum Security Prison Star City, United States Arrow (2017–2019)
State PrisonCalifornia Dexter's Laboratory episode Dexter Detention (1997)
Statesville PrisonCalifornia Police Squad! (1982)
The SOMIn an orbit around an unknown exoplanet Void Bastards (2019)
Stockton State Penitentiary Stockton, California Sons of Anarchy (2008)
HMP Stone ParkUnknown Within These Walls (1974)
Stormcage Containment FacilityUnknown planet Doctor Who (2010)
Superjail Dimension 5612 Superjail! (2007)
Takron-GaltosTakron-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 PrisonTownsville 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 PrisonSilent Hill Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
Wentworth Detention Centre or Wentworth Correctional Centre Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Westgate PenitentiaryUnited States Brute Force (1947)
West Mesa PenitentiaryWest Mesa, Nevada, United States
  • Henry Stickmin Legacy Series (2007–2015)
  • Henry Stickmin Collection (2019)
The Wheel of KharnabarSibornal, Helliconia Helliconia Winter (1985)
Winterhaven County JailWinterhaven, United States The Scooby-Doo Show episode Watt a Shocking Ghost (1976)
Wholesome PrisonUnited StatesThe 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 ComplexVerdansk Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)

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