| Name
|
Location
|
State/Province
|
Country
|
Jail/
Prison
|
Notes
|
| 1811 Lincoln County Museum & Old Jail
|
Wiscasset
|
Maine
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
|
Petros
|
Tennessee
|
United States
|
State Prison
|
|
| Abashiri Prison Museum
|
Abashiri
|
Hokkaido
|
Japan
|
Prison
|
The only prison museum in Japan.[1]
|
| Alcatraz Island
|
San Francisco Bay Area
|
California
|
United States
|
Prison
|
|
| Ancienne Prison de Trois-Rivieres
|
Trois-Rivieres
|
Quebec
|
Canada
|
Prison
|
|
| Beaumaris Gaol
|
Beaumaris
|
Anglesey, Wales
|
United Kingdom
|
Jail
|
|
| Bodmin Gaol
|
Bodmin
|
Cornwall
|
United Kingdom
|
Jail
|
http://www.bodminjail.org/
|
| Buckingham Old Gaol
|
Buckingham
|
Buckinghamshire
|
United Kingdom
|
Jail
|
Museum of Buckingham and rural life as well as the building as a prison
|
| Burlington County Prison
|
Mount Holly
|
New Jersey
|
United States
|
Prison
|
|
| Carthage Jail
|
Carthage
|
Illinois
|
United States
|
Jail
|
location of the death of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
|
| Cell Block 7 Prison Museum, State Prison of Southern Michigan
|
Jackson, Michigan
|
Michigan
|
United States
|
Prison
|
Official website Museum located on an active prison ground, independently operated by the Ella Sharp Museum
|
| Central Penitentiary
|
San José
|
San José Province
|
Costa Rica
|
Prison
|
|
| Cellular Jail
|
Port Blair
|
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|
India
|
Prison
|
Many Indian Independence activists were kept in this prison by the British during the British Raj in India.
|
| Clink, The
|
London
|
London Borough of Southwark
|
United Kingdom
|
Prison
|
|
| Cork City Gaol
|
Cork
|
County Cork
|
Republic of Ireland
|
Prison
|
|
| Crumlin Road (HM Prison)
|
Belfast
|
Northern Ireland
|
United Kingdom
|
Prison
|
|
| Daviess County Rotary Jail and Sheriff's Residence
|
Gallatin
|
Missouri
|
United States
|
Jail
|
Rotary Jail
|
| Eastern State Penitentiary
|
Philadelphia
|
Pennsylvania
|
United States
|
Prison
|
|
| Eden Camp Museum
|
Malton
|
North Yorkshire
|
United Kingdom
|
Prison
|
|
| Ely Museum
|
Ely
|
Cambridgeshire
|
United Kingdom
|
Jail
|
Official website
|
| Fremantle Prison
|
Fremantle
|
Western Australia
|
Australia
|
Prison
|
|
| Galleries of Justice
|
Nottingham
|
Nottinghamshire
|
United Kingdom
|
Jail and Prison
|
|
| Gevangenpoort
|
The Hague
|
South Holland
|
Netherlands
|
Prison
|
|
| Hexham Old Gaol
|
Hexham
|
Northumberland
|
United Kingdom
|
Prison
|
|
| Historic Cornwall Jail
|
Cornwall
|
Ontario
|
Canada
|
Jail
|
|
| Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum
|
Southern District
|
Stanley
|
Hong Kong
|
Prison
|
Official webpage
The museum comprises ten galleries with one mock gallows and two mock cells.
|
| Horsens Statsfængsel (Horsens Prison Museum)
|
Horsens
|
Region Midtjylland
|
Denmark
|
Prison
|
Official website
|
| Jail Museum (Truckee, California)
|
Truckee
|
California
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Kansas Regional Prisons Museum
|
Lansing
|
Kansas
|
United States
|
Prison
|
[1]
The Lansing Historical Museum is home to hundreds of artifacts and documents relating to the Kansas State Penitentiary/Lansing Correctional Facility.
|
| Kilmainham Gaol
|
Kilmainham
|
Dublin
|
Ireland
|
Prison
|
|
| Kingston Penententiary
|
Kingston
|
Ontario
|
Canada
|
Prison
|
Constructed 1833 - 1835, Kingston Penitentiary is the oldest standing prison dating to pre-confederation in Canada. After closing in 2013, the institution began operating tours seasonally from May-October, offering guided tours with online ticketing and Tour Guides as well as retired Correctional Staff on site to provide information to guests.
|
| Cobourg Jail
|
Cobourg
|
Ontario
|
Canada
|
Jail
|
Part of the jail is incorporated into the King George Inn, which includes a museum and artifacts from its time as a working jail.[2]
|
| Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
|
Beloozero
|
Vologda Oblast
|
Russia
|
Prison
|
|
| Kosciusko County Jail Museum
|
Warsaw
|
Indiana
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Liberty Jail
|
Liberty
|
Missouri
|
United States
|
Jail
|
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement and associates were imprisoned there in 1838-1839 during the 1838 Mormon War.
|
| Littledean Jail
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
United Kingdom
|
Jail
|
http://www.littledeanjail.com
|
| L'Orignal Old Jail
|
Orignal
|
Ontario
|
Canada
|
Jail
|
|
| Louisiana State Penitentiary
|
Angola
|
Louisiana
|
United States
|
Prison
|
http://angolamuseum.org/
|
| Lubyanka (KGB)
|
Moscow
|
|
Russia
|
Prison
|
On Lubyanka Square
|
| Ludwigsburg Prison Museum
|
Ludwigsburg
|
Baden-Württemberg
|
Germany
|
Prison
|
|
| Malaysia Prison Museum
|
Malacca City
|
Malacca
|
Malaysia
|
Prison
|
|
| Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse
|
Erfurt
|
Thuringia
|
Germany
|
Prison
|
Former Stasi prison, used for holding political prisoners.
|
| Mills County Old Jail Museum
|
Goldwaite
|
Texas
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Missouri State Penitentiary
|
Jefferson City
|
Missouri
|
United States
|
Prison
|
|
| Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence
|
Crawfordsville
|
Indiana
|
United States
|
Jail
|
Rotary Jail
|
| Moore County Old Jail Museum
|
Lynchburg
|
Tennessee
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Museu Penitenciário do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
|
Rio de Janeiro
|
Rio de Janeiro
|
Brazil
|
Prison
|
|
| Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
|
Quebec City
|
Quebec
|
Canada
|
Prison
|
Mostly an art museum
|
| Museo de Tradiciones y Leyendas
|
León
|
León Department
|
Nicaragua
|
Jail
|
|
| Museo del Presidio de Ushuaia
|
Ushuaia
|
Tierra del Fuego
|
Argentina
|
Prison
|
http://museomaritimo.com/
|
| Nationaal Gevangenismuseum
|
Veenhuizen
|
Drenthe
|
Netherlands
|
Prison
|
National Dutch prison museum
|
| Newcastle Gaol Museum
|
Toodyay
|
Western Australia
|
Australia
|
|
|
| Norwegian POW Museum
|
Ostrzeszów
|
Greater Poland Voivodeship also
known as Wielkopolska Province
|
Poland
|
Prison
|
World War II POW camp
|
| Ohio State Reformatory
|
Mansfield
|
Ohio
|
United States
|
Prison
|
|
| Old Courthouse & Old Jailhouse Museums
|
West Bend, Wisconsin
|
Wisconsin
|
United States
|
Jail
|
Operated by Washington County Historical Society, Inc.
|
| Old Franklin County Jail in the former Franklin County Jail
|
Chambersburg
|
Pennsylvania
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
Hamilton County Historical Museum
in the Old Hamilton County Jail
|
Jasper
|
Florida
|
United States
|
Jail
|
Web page
|
| Old Tolland County Jail and Museum
|
Tolland
|
Connecticut
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old City Jail (Mount Dora, Florida)
|
Mount Dora
|
Florida
|
United States
|
Jail
|
Currently houses the Royellou Museum.
|
| Old Fauquier County Jail
|
Warrenton
|
Virginia
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Idaho State Penitentiary
|
Boise
|
Idaho
|
United States
|
Prison
|
| 1859 Jail and Museum
|
Independence
|
Missouri
|
United States
|
Jail
|
Website
|
| Olde Gaol Museum
|
Lindsay
|
Ontario
|
Canada
|
Jail
|
Website
|
| Old Jail Museum (Albion, Indiana)
|
Albion
|
Indiana
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Allegan, Michigan)
|
Allegan
|
Michigan
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Barnesville, Georgia)
|
Barnesville
|
Georgia
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Canton, Mississippi)
|
Canton
|
Mississippi
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Conyers, Georgia) in the former Rockdale County Jail
|
Conyers
|
Georgia
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Crawfordsville, Indiana)
|
Crawfordsville
|
Indiana
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Dubuque, Indiana) in the former Dubuque County Jail
|
Dubuque
|
Iowa
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Gonzales, Texas)
|
Gonzales
|
Texas
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Goochland, Virginia)
|
Goochland
|
Virginia
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Greenwood, Arkansas)
|
Greenwood
|
Arkansas
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania)
|
Jim Thorpe
|
Pennsylvania
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Iola, Kansas)
|
Iola
|
Kansas
|
United States
|
Jail
|
information
|
| Old Jail Museum (Knoxville, Georgia)
|
Knoxville
|
Georgia
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Lawrenceburg, Tennessee)
|
Lawrenceburg
|
Tennessee
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Smethport, Pennsylvania)
|
Smethport
|
Pennsylvania
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Silverton, Texas)
|
Silverton
|
Texas
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (St. Augustine, Florida) in the Old St. Johns County Jail
|
St. Augustine
|
Florida
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Taylorsville, North Carolina)
|
Taylorsville
|
North Carolina
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Thompson Falls, Montana)
|
Thompson
|
Montana
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Valparaiso, Indiana)
|
Valparaiso
|
Indiana
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Jail Museum (Winchester, Tennessee)
|
Winchester
|
Tennessee
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Old Melbourne Jail
|
Melbourne
|
Victoria
|
Australia
|
Prison
|
|
| Old Newgate Prison
|
East Granby
|
Connecticut
|
United States
|
Prison
|
Former mine/Colonial prison; also spelled "Old New-Gate Prison"
|
| Old Prison Museum (Deer Lodge, Montana)
|
Deer Lodge
|
Montana
|
United States
|
Prison
|
|
| Old Wilkes Jail (Wilkesboro, North Carolina)
|
Wilkesboro
|
North Carolina
|
United States
|
Jail
|
Tom Dooley of the song "Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley" was held here before his trial.
|
| Patarei Prison
|
Tallinn
|
Harju County
|
Estonia
|
Prison
|
Official webpage
|
| Peter and Paul Fortress
|
St. Petersburg
|
St. Petersburg
|
Russia
|
Prison
|
|
| Pied-du-Courant Prison
|
Montreal
|
Quebec
|
Canada
|
Prison
|
|
| Pottawattamie County Jail
|
Council Bluffs
|
Iowa
|
United States
|
Jail
|
Rotary Jail
|
| Presidio Modelo
|
Nueva Gerona
|
Isla de la Juventud
|
Cuba
|
Prison
|
|
| Qasr Prison (Qasr museum-Qarden)
|
Tehran
|
Tehran
|
Iran
|
Prison
|
www.qasr.ir
|
| Richard III Museum
|
York
|
North Yorkshire
|
United Kingdom
|
Prison
|
Primarily about Richard III, the museum also has a working portcullis, a medieval execution chamber, and a small prison cell
|
| Robben Island Museum
|
Robben Island
|
Western Cape
|
South Africa
|
Prison
|
|
| Sabine County Jail Museum and Vergie Speights Memorial Library
|
Hemphill
|
Texas
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Solovetsky Monastery
|
Solovetsky Islands
|
|
Russia
|
|
|
| Texas Prison Museum
|
Huntsville
|
Texas
|
United States
|
Prison
|
|
| Towhid Prison(Ebrat Museum)
|
Tehran
|
Tehran
|
Iran
|
Prison
|
|
| Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
|
Phnom Penh
|
|
Cambodia
|
Prison
|
|
| Ulucanlar Prison Museum
|
Altındağ
|
Ankara
|
Turkey
|
Prison
|
www.ulucanlarcezaevimuzesi.com
|
| West Virginia Penitentiary
|
Moundsville
|
West Virginia
|
United States
|
Prison
|
www.wvpentours.com
|
| Wicklow Gaol
|
Wicklow
|
County Wicklow
|
Republic of Ireland
|
Prison
|
Irish National Monument
|
| Wilson County Jailhouse Museum
|
Floresville
|
Texas
|
United States
|
Jail
|
|
| Wyoming Frontier Prison (Rawlins, Wyoming)
|
Rawlins
|
Wyoming
|
United States
|
Prison
|
|
| Wyoming Territorial Prison (Laramie, Wyoming)
|
Laramie
|
Wyoming
|
United States
|
Prison
|
www.wyomingterritorialprison.com//
|
| Yuma Territorial Prison
|
Yuma
|
Arizona
|
United States
|
Prison
|
|
| Shrewsbury Prison
|
Shrewsbury
|
Shropshire
|
United Kingdom
|
Prison
|
|
| Gloucester Prison
|
Gloucester
|
Gloucestershire
|
United Kingdom
|
Prison
|
|
| Shepton Mallet Prison
|
Shepton Mallet
|
Somerset
|
United Kingdom
|
Prison
|
|
