Prisons - United States

43 documented abandoned prisons have been mapped by the Urbexology community across United States, with the highest concentration around Fairmont (2), Tombstone (2), Winlock (1). Each location below links to its own page with coordinates, photos where available, and access notes.

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1910 Gila County Jail (Globe)
Courtland Jail (Tombstone)
Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia)
First County Jail (Staten Island)
Ghost Town Jail & Sad Eye Joe (Buena Park)
Gleeson Jail (Tombstone)
Haunted Old City Jail (Bridgeport)
Historic 19th Century Jail Site (Norwich)
Historic Old Toledo City Jail (Winlock)
Historic Rupert Jail (Rupert)
Jail Alley (Springfield)
Jail Historic Site (Danville)
Julian Jail (Julian)
Old Burbank Jail (Fairfax)
Old City Jail (Port Orford)
Old City Jail (Ojai)
Old Essex County Jail (Newark)
Old Flippin City Jail (Flippin)
Old Johnstown Jail (Johnstown)
Old Joliet Prison (Fairmont)
Old Joliet Women's Prison / Prison East (Historic Site) (Fairmont)
Old Kent County Jail (Jayton)
Old Mandeville Jail (Mandeville)
Old Pioneer Jail (Augusta)
Old Rock Jail (Rockford)
Pembroke Old City Jail (Pembroke)
Petersburg Jail (Lawrenceburg)
Prison Cemetery (Yuma)
Prison Window (Yonkers)
Prison of Horrors (Greenwood Lake)
Red Bird Jail (Coweta)
Renz Correction Center (Jefferson City)
Revolutionary War Prison Historic Landmark (Collinsville)
Rhyolite Jail (Beatty)
Rutland Prison Camp (Rutland)
Salt River Canyon Jail Cell (Cibecue)
Seatco Prison Site Historical Marker (Tenino)
St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail (Buena Vista)
Stockton Jail (Tooele)
The Old Coffee County Jail (Elba)
The Old Jail (Tazewell)
The Old Jail (Athens)
Wilson Old City Jail (Ellsworth)

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