Top Ten Fictional Prisons

The Top Ten
1 The Phantom Zone (Superman)

A prison for Superman's greatest foes. It's a dimension where prisoners can see but not interact with the regular universe, becoming literally phantoms.

2 Arkham Asylum (Batman)

Where all the criminally insane of Gotham City are sent, only to break out again.

It needs better security

3 The Pit (Dark Knight Rises)
4 Cold Mountain Penitentiary (The Green Mile)
5 Big House (Ant-Man)

Whenever Ant-Man defeats his enemies, he shrinks them and locks them in a miniature prison jokingly called the Big House. It is also called the "Ant Farm" because ants patrol the prison.

6 Shawshank (The Shawshank Redemption)

Prison movies are the best type of movies.

7 Chorh-Gom Prison (Kung Fu Panda)

Tai Lung escaped from here

8 Peña Duro (Batman)

A prison in Latin America. Bane grew up here, and would later go on to break Batman's back.

9 Azkaban Prison (Harry Potter)

Take Alcatraz. Now add dementors and an even farther distance from anywhere else.

10 Gerudo's Fortess (Legend of Zelda)
The Contenders
11 Belle Reve (Suicide Squad)

A maximum security prison in Louisiana, with metahumans and super villains for inmates. Belle Reve is pseudo-French for "Beautiful Dream."

12 Ashecliffe Hospital (Shutter Island)

The iconic location for the novel and movie Shutter Island.

13 Iron Heights (The Flash)

A prison for Flash's Rogue's Gallery.

14 Prison Island (Sonic the Hedgehog)
15 Blackgate (Batman)

A maximum security prison and the predecessor to Arkham Asylum.

16 Prison Asteroid K-37 (Lilo & Stitch)
17 The Boiling Rock (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
18 Ryker's Island (Spider-Man)

Based on the real life Ryker's Island, this was a New York prison for metahumans and super villains. The prison has been featured in X-Men, Punisher, and Daredevil, but it has primarily appeared as a prison for Spider-Man's rogues.

19 Bikini Bottom Jail (Spongebob)
20 MS One (Lockout)
21 Fox River State Penitentiary (Prison Break)

The building used for the exterior used to be a real prison, Joliet Correctional Center.

22 The Citadel (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
23 The Inferno (Dante's Inferno)
24 Camp Learn-a-Torium (The Fairly OddParents)
25 Coldridge Prison (Dishonored)
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