Cork Prison

Cork Prison
LocationRathmore Road, Cork City
Coordinates51°54′32″N 8°27′38″W / 51.9088°N 8.4606°W / 51.9088; -8.4606
StatusOperational
Security classMedium Security
Capacity296
Population262 (as of 2022)
Former nameCollins Barracks
Managed byIrish Prison Service
GovernorPatrick Dawson

Cork Prison (Irish: Príosún Chorcaí) is an Irish penal institution on Rathmore Road, Cork City, Ireland. It is a closed, medium security prison for males over 17 years of age. As of 2022, it had a bed capacity of 296 and the daily average number of resident inmates was 262. It is immediately adjacent to Collins Barracks and near the Glen area of the city.

While the current prison facility was built and opened as a €45m development in 2016, it replaced an existing 19th century prison facility on the same road.