Updated October 2026 · pinged by us every three minutes
The quieter half of our list, smallest first. A big player count is not automatically a better server: on a small one the regulars know each other, staff answer, and you are not queueing behind thousands of strangers for the same resources.
Worth knowing which of these are dedicated worlds and which are network lanes, because a small network total can still mean a busy prison world. Every entry says which.
Our number one is the one page on this site it is missing from, and deliberately: it is not a small server and putting it here would make this page useless to the person who came looking for a quiet one.
Showing 6 of the ten servers on our main Minecraft prison ranking.
Java only
play.cosmicprisons.com
118 online now · 113-217 today · verified online 3 minutes ago
CosmicPrisons is the other prison-only entry here, and its server message was advertising Version 6.0 Celestial with major changes when we pinged it.
Gamemode: OP Prison · Version: 1.21.11 · Bedrock: No · Full review
Java only
saicopvp.com
268 online now network-wide, all gamemodes · 160-291 today · verified online 3 minutes ago
SaiCoPvP runs its gamemodes as separate realms and had just reset all of them when we pinged it, so every mode including prison was starting fresh.
Gamemode: Prison · Version: 1.8 - 1.21.11 · Bedrock: No · Full review
JavaBedrock
purpleprison.net
270 online now · 258-726 today · verified online 3 minutes ago
Purple Prison is a prison-only server rather than a network lane, which is why its player count is entirely prison players and not a network total.
Gamemode: Classic Prison · Version: 1.7 - 1.21 · Bedrock: Yes · Full review
Java only
extremecraft.net
571 online now network-wide, all gamemodes · 372-970 today · verified online 3 minutes ago
A long-established network that runs prison alongside survival and a custom item economy, and the highest-placed entry here in TopG's prison category.
Gamemode: Prison · Version: 1.7.2 - 26.2 · Bedrock: No · Full review
JavaBedrock
play.opblocks.com
656 online now network-wide, all gamemodes · 619-1,066 today · verified online 3 minutes ago
OPBlocks names prison in its own server message and had just launched prison season 34 when we pinged it, so seasonal resets are the rhythm here rather than one permanent.
Gamemode: OP Prison · Version: 1.8 - 26.2 · Bedrock: Yes · Full review
JavaBedrock
play.jartexnetwork.com
727 online now network-wide, all gamemodes · 563-1,175 today · verified online 3 minutes ago
Jartex documents its prison mode on its own wiki rather than leaving you to guess: public mines, a personal cell to build in, gangs with missions and an outpost to capture.
Gamemode: OP Prison · Version: 1.8 - 26.2 · Bedrock: Yes · Full review
On this cut of the list, CosmicPrisons (play.cosmicprisons.com) comes first with 118 players. Our overall number one is TalonMC (play.talonmc.net), and the main ranking explains why.
