Prison or penitentiary, is a correctional facility. In the U.S., see separate articles for 'State Prisons' and 'Federal Penitentiaries.'
Penitentiary may also refer to:
Apostolic Penitentiary, a tribunal of mercy, responsible for issues relating to the forgiveness of sins in the Roman Catholic Church canon penitentiary, a clergyman attached to a major church to serve as a general confessor Penitentiary (1938 film) Penitentiary (1979 film) Penitentiary Point, a cliff in Utah