List of jail and prison museums

! Name

!width=120| Location

!width=150| State/Province

!width=120| Country

! Jail/
Prison

!class=unsortable| Notes

| Adelaide

| South Australia

| Australia

| Prison

| Seoul

| Seoul Capital Area

| South Korea

| Prison

|

| Wiscasset

| Maine

| United States

| Jail

|

| Petros

| Tennessee

| United States

| State Prison

|

| Abashiri

| Hokkaido

| Japan

| Prison

| The only prison museum in Japan.{{cite web|title=Abashiri astounds with its ice and convict connections |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/24/travel/abashiri-astounds-with-its-ice-and-convict-connections/#.WqBy3XxG3IU|publisher=The Japan Times|date=2013-03-24|access-date=2020-03-07}}

| San Francisco Bay Area

| California

| United States

| Prison

|

| Trois-Rivières

| Quebec

| Canada

| Prison

|

| Beaumaris

| Anglesey, Wales

| United Kingdom

| Jail

|

| Bodmin

| Cornwall

| United Kingdom

| Jail

| http://www.bodminjail.org/

| Buckingham

| Buckinghamshire

| United Kingdom

| Jail

| Museum of Buckingham and rural life as well as the building as a prison

| Mount Holly

| New Jersey

| United States

| Prison

|

| Carthage

| Illinois

| United States

| Jail

| location of the death of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement

| Jackson, Michigan

| Michigan

| United States

| Prison

| Closed as of December 2019.

| San José

| San José Province

| Costa Rica

| Prison

|

| 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.

| London

| London Borough of Southwark

| United Kingdom

| Prison

|

| Cork

| County Cork

| Ireland

| Prison

|

| Belfast

| Northern Ireland

| United Kingdom

| Prison

|

| Gallatin

| Missouri

| United States

| Jail

| Rotary Jail

| Philadelphia

| Pennsylvania

| United States

| Prison

|

| Malton

| North Yorkshire

| United Kingdom

| Prison

|

| Ely

| Cambridgeshire

| United Kingdom

| Jail

| {{official website|http://www.elymuseum.org.uk/}}

| Fremantle

| Western Australia

| Australia

| Prison

|

| Nottingham

| Nottinghamshire

| United Kingdom

| Jail and Prison

|

| The Hague

| South Holland

| Netherlands

| Prison

|

|Gloucester

|Gloucestershire

|United Kingdom

|Prison

|

| Hexham

| Northumberland

| United Kingdom

| Prison

|

| Cornwall

| Ontario

| Canada

| Jail

|

| Southern District

| Stanley

| Hong Kong

| Prison

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20060217070930/http://www.csd.gov.hk/english/hkcsm/hkcsm.html Official webpage]
The museum comprises ten galleries with one mock gallows and two mock cells.

| Horsens

| Region Midtjylland

| Denmark

| Prison

| {{Official website|http://faengslet.dk}}

|Inveraray

|Argyll, Scotland

|United Kingdom

|

|

| Truckee

| California

| United States

| Jail

|

| Lansing

| Kansas

| United States

| Prison

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20111015011755/http://www.lansing.ks.us/index.aspx?NID=237]
The Lansing Historical Museum is home to hundreds of artifacts and documents relating to the Kansas State Penitentiary/Lansing Correctional Facility.

| Kilmainham

| Dublin

| Ireland

| Prison

|

| 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

| 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.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKANUSY8L7YC&pg=PA25 |page=25 |title=Behind Bars: Inside Ontario's Heritage Gaols |author=Ron Brown |publisher=Dundurn |year=2006|isbn=9781459711143 }}

| Beloozero

| Vologda Oblast

| Russia

| Prison

|

| Warsaw

| Indiana

| United States

| 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.

|

| Gloucestershire

| United Kingdom

| Jail

| http://www.littledeanjail.com

| Orignal

| Ontario

| Canada

| Jail

|

| Angola

| Louisiana

| United States

| Prison

| "Opening in 1997, the Museum at the Louisiana State Penitentiary was established to preserve the long and storied history of crime, punishment, rehabilitation, criminal justice, and reform in Louisiana."{{Cite web |title=Our Foundation |url=https://www.angolamuseum.org/foundation |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Louisiana Prison Museum & Cultural Center |language=en-US}}

http://angolamuseum.org/

The Louisiana State Penitentiary also has an annual Prison Rodeo, which first began in 1965. The first public Angola Prison Rodeo was in 1967.{{Cite web |title=Prison Rodeo |url=https://www.angolamuseum.org/rodeo |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Louisiana Prison Museum & Cultural Center |language=en-US}}

| Moscow

|Moscow Oblast

| Russia

| Prison

| On Lubyanka Square

| Ludwigsburg

| Baden-Württemberg

| Germany

| Prison

|

| Malacca City

| Malacca

| Malaysia

| Prison

|

| Erfurt

| Thuringia

| Germany

| Prison

| Former Stasi prison, used for holding political prisoners.

| Goldwaite

| Texas

| United States

| Jail

|

| Jefferson City

| Missouri

| United States

| Prison

|

| Crawfordsville

| Indiana

| United States

| Jail

| Rotary Jail

| Lynchburg

| Tennessee

| United States

| Jail

|

| Rio de Janeiro

| Rio de Janeiro

| Brazil

| Prison

|

| Quebec City

| Quebec

| Canada

| Prison

| Mostly an art museum

| León

| León Department

| Nicaragua

| Jail

|

| Ushuaia

| Tierra del Fuego

| Argentina

| Prison

| http://museomaritimo.com/

| Veenhuizen

| Drenthe

| Netherlands

| Prison

| National Dutch prison museum

| Toodyay

| Western Australia

| Australia

|

|

| Ostrzeszów

| Greater Poland Voivodeship, also known as Wielkopolska Province

| Poland

| Prison

| World War II POW camp

| Mansfield

| Ohio

| United States

| Prison

|

| West Bend, Wisconsin

| Wisconsin

| United States

| Jail

| Operated by [http://www.historyisfun.com Washington County Historical Society, Inc.]

| Chambersburg

| Pennsylvania

| United States

| Jail

|

| Jasper

| Florida

| United States

| Jail

| [http://www.rootsweb.com/~flhchms/index.htm Web page]

| Tolland

| Connecticut

| United States

| Jail

|

| Mount Dora

| Florida

| United States

| Jail

| Currently houses the Royellou Museum.

| Warrenton

| Virginia

| United States

| Jail

|

| Boise

| Idaho

| United States

| Prison

| Independence

| Missouri

| United States

| Jail

| [http://jchs.org/1859-old-jail// Website]

| Lindsay

| Ontario

| Canada

| Jail

| [http://www.oldegaolmuseum.ca/ Website]

| Albion

| Indiana

| United States

| Jail

|

| Allegan

| Michigan

| United States

| Jail

|

| Barnesville

| Georgia

| United States

| Jail

|

| Canton

| Mississippi

| United States

| Jail

|

| Conyers

| Georgia

| United States

| Jail

|

| Crawfordsville

| Indiana

| United States

| Jail

|

| Dubuque

| Iowa

| United States

| Jail

|

| Gonzales

| Texas

| United States

| Jail

|

| Goochland

| Virginia

| United States

| Jail

|

| Greenwood

| Arkansas

| United States

| Jail

|

| Jim Thorpe

| Pennsylvania

| United States

| Jail

|

| Iola

| Kansas

| United States

| Jail

| [http://www.cityofiola.com/attractions.html information]

| Knoxville

| Georgia

| United States

| Jail

|

| Lawrenceburg

| Tennessee

| United States

| Jail

|

| Smethport

| Pennsylvania

| United States

| Jail

|

| Silverton

| Texas

| United States

| Jail

|

| St. Augustine

| Florida

| United States

| Jail

|

| Taylorsville

| North Carolina

| United States

| Jail

|

| Thompson

| Montana

| United States

| Jail

|

| Valparaiso

| Indiana

| United States

| Jail

|

| Winchester

| Tennessee

| United States

| Jail

|

| Joliet

| Illinois

| United States

| Prison

|

| Melbourne

| Victoria

| Australia

| Convict Prison

|

| East Granby

| Connecticut

| United States

| Prison

| Former mine/Colonial prison; also spelled "Old New-Gate Prison"

|Ċittadella

|Victoria, Gozo

|Malta

|Prison

|[https://heritagemalta.mt/explore/the-old-prison/ Official webpage]

| Deer Lodge

| Montana

| United States

| Prison

|

| Wilkesboro

| North Carolina

| United States

| Jail

| Tom Dooley of the song "Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley" was held here before his trial.

| Tallinn

| Harju County

| Estonia

| Prison

| [http://www.patarei.org/en Official webpage]

| St. Petersburg

| St. Petersburg

| Russia

| Prison

| Peterhead

| Aberdeenshire

| Scotland

| Convict Prison

|

| Montreal

| Quebec

| Canada

| Prison

|

| Port Arthur

| Tasmania

| Australia

| Convict Prison

|

| Council Bluffs

| Iowa

| United States

| Jail

| Rotary Jail

| Nueva Gerona

| Isla de la Juventud

| Cuba

| Prison

|

| Tehran

| Tehran

| Iran

| Prison

| [http://www.qasr.ir/ Official webpage]

| 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

| Western Cape

| South Africa

| Prison

|

| Hemphill

| Texas

| United States

| Jail

|

| Coldspring

| Texas

| United States

| Jail

|

|Shepton Mallet

|Somerset

|United Kingdom

|Prison

|

|Shrewsbury

|Shropshire

|United Kingdom

|Prison

|

| Solovetsky Islands

|

| Russia

|

|

| Huntsville

| Texas

| United States

| Prison

|

| Tehran

| Tehran

| Iran

| Prison

|{{URL|https://ebratmuseum.ir//}}

| Phnom Penh

|

| Cambodia

| Prison

|

| Altındağ

| Ankara

| Turkey

| Prison

| {{URL|http://www.ulucanlarcezaevimuzesi.com/}}

| Moundsville

| West Virginia

| United States

| Prison

| {{URL|https://www.wvpentours.com/}}

| Wicklow

| County Wicklow

| Ireland

| Prison

| Irish National Monument

| Floresville

| Texas

| United States

| Jail

|

| Rawlins

| Wyoming

| United States

| Prison

|

| Laramie

| Wyoming

| United States

| Prison

| {{URL|http://www.wyomingterritorialprison.com//}}

| Yuma

| Arizona

| United States

| Prison

|