Place type

Former prisons

6 dossiers across 6 jurisdictions carry this filing. Claims are reported, not endorsed.

6 dossiers6 jurisdictions83% open to visitors

1858 fortress prison—Jake and Elwood Blues walked out its gate.

World’s first true penitentiary, designed for solitary penitence; now a museum and haunted attraction.

The Rock—federal penitentiary 1934–63, island prison since the 1850s.

The castle-like prison where The Shawshank Redemption was filmed.

1862 prison that ran executions by gas chamber until 2012.

Saipan prison ruins associated with an unsupported Amelia Earhart captivity story.