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This list consists of fictional prisons from various works of literature, film and television:
Prison | Location | Appeared in |
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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 |
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Azkaban Prison | North Sea, Britain | |
Balduq Prison | Gllia | Ys IX: Monstrum Nox |
Bargate Prison | Albion | Fable (2004) |
Belle Reve | Louisiana |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 | 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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Westgate Penitentiary | United States | Brute Force (1947) |
West Mesa Penitentiary | West Mesa, Nevada, United States |
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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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