United States · Mount Holly
Burlington County Prison
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Photo by Susan Spitz via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Library of Congress - Historic American Engineering Record via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Library of Congress - Historic American Engineering Record - Nathaniel R. Ewan via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Library of Congress - Historic American Engineering Record - Nathaniel R. Ewan via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Library of Congress - Historic American Engineering Record - Nathaniel R. Ewan via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Library of Congress - Historic American Engineering Record - Nathaniel R. Ewan via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Related names: Mills, Robert via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Background
The Burlington County Prison is a historic museum property, located at 128 High Street in Mount Holly in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Operating from 1811 to 1965, it was the oldest operating prison in the nation at the time of its closure. Designed by Robert Mills, its design exemplified period thinking in progressive prison design, with individual cells, good ventilation, and fireproof construction. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1937. Now operated by a local nonprofit as a museum, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Mount Holly
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
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- Stark County JailToulonCounty jail3446% occupancy
Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q646591)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Burlington County Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/burlington-county-prison
"Burlington County Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/burlington-county-prison.
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