HMP Drake Hall This Closed prison is located near the village of Eccleshall in Staffordshire. The building alone has an interesting history… During World War II female munitions workers [...]
HMP Eastwood park is a closed category woman’s prison, located in Falfield, South Gloucestershire, which houses just under 400 women. The site was originally opened as a male juvenile [...]
HMP Askham Grange is an open prison and young offenders institution in Askham Richard, near York. It has an operational capacity of 128 women, all housed in an impressive [...]
Where it began. . The prison buildings have a rather rich history, in 1898 the site became an orphanage for destitute children in the Manchester area. The orphanage closed [...]
HMP SEND Based in the south of Ripley, Surrey, HMP Send is one of the twelve women’s prisons in England. It is a public prison, operating as a closed [...]
UK Prison History Uncovered: HMP Brixton HMP Brixton, London’s oldest prison, has a fascinating history – and over the years, has housed some of the UK’s most well-known criminals, such [...]
