Best Prison TV Series

Looking for the best prison TV series? These 52 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Banana Fish 2018 ★ 8.6

MINDHUNTER 2017 ★ 8.1

Prison Break 2005 ★ 8.1

Oz 1997 ★ 8.1

Black Bird 2022 ★ 8.1

El marginal 2016 ★ 8.2

Prison School 2015 ★ 8.1

Locked Up 2015 ★ 8.0

The Night Of 2016 ★ 8.0

I Will Find You 2026 ★ 8.2

Arrested Development 2003 ★ 7.9

Sentenced to Be a Hero 2026 ★ 8.4

Mayor of Kingstown 2021 ★ 7.9

Wentworth 2013 ★ 8.0

Making a Murderer 2015 ★ 7.9

Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ 2017 ★ 7.8

Prison Playbook 2017 ★ 8.2

Orange Is the New Black 2013 ★ 7.6

Emperatriz 2011 ★ 8.3

Deadman Wonderland 2011 ★ 7.5

Time 2021 ★ 7.6

Porridge 1974 ★ 8.1

Brotherhood 2019 ★ 8.0

ClaireBell 2025 ★ 8.3