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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

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