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HM Prison Camp Hill, located on the Isle of Wight near Newport, opened in 1912 and was originally built using prisoner labour from nearby Parkhurst Prison. It was designed as a “preventive detention” prison aimed at reforming repeat offenders rather than simply punishing them, and was officially...

Intro First report, so go easy on me. I'll start this by saying this involved a lot of patience waiting for the right occasion to crop up. I'm being deliberately ambiguous about the date(s) as it was during the sale of this place that a very small window of opportunity arose where essentially...

HM Prison Gloucester was a Category B men's prison in Gloucester England. It was originally opened in 1792 as a county jail. The prison was from Her Majesty's Prison Service operated and closed in 2013. In 1840 it was substantially remodeled and given flanking brick wings. In 1971, a new wing...

HM PRISON HOLLOWAY THE HISTORY: Opened in 1852, Holloway Prison began life as a mixed-sex prison and only in 1903 did it become women-only, following the closure of Newgate Prison in London which previously had held women. Due to the rarity of female prisons in England and Wales, Holloway was...

A view of the former prison in 1896 Holloway prison was opened in 1852 as a mixed-sex prison, but due to growing demand for space for female prisoners, particularly due to the closure of Newgate, it became female-only in 1903. Holloway was used to imprison suffragettes including Emmeline...

HMP Holloway was the largest women’s only prison in Europe until its closure in 2016. Rebuilt between 1971 to 1985, the prison's design was intended to produce an atmosphere more like a hospital than a prison. This design was recognised as a failure in the 1980s as its lack of traditional wings...

HM Prison Glen Parva was a male juvenile's prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in Glen Parva, Leicestershire, England. Glen Parva was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.. Built in 1974 and closed in 2017 how the new site will look ...

History HM Prison Bullwood Hall in Hockley, Essex, was a Category C (for individuals who are unlikely to attempt escape but cannot be trusted in open conditions) women’s prison and Young Offenders Institution run by the Her Majesty’s Prison Service. It was built in the 1960s to service as a...

History HM Prison Bullwood Hall in Hockley, Essex, was a Category C (for individuals who are unlikely to attempt escape but cannot be trusted in open conditions) women’s prison and Young Offenders Institution run by the Her Majesty’s Prison Service. It was built in the 1960s to service as a...

History Bullwood hall was built back in the 1960's and was originally used as a woman's borstal, over the years it began to accommodate adult prisoners. It served as a woman's prison up until 2006 when it was decided that Bullwood Hall would be turned into a Category C male prison, primarily...

The History HM Prison Bullwood Hall is a former Category C woman’s prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in Hockley, Essex, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Bullwood Hall was built in the 1960s originally as a female borstal. Over time the prison also...

Visited as part of the Reading art exhibition. For a full in-depth history visit the Wiki page. I've never done a UK prison, certainly not one that's immaculate or recognisable as one. Sure, I've done Doftana in Romania, but that was a ruinous shell that was converted to a museum after its...

The history HM Prison Blundeston was a Category C men's prison, located in the Village of Blundeston in Suffolk, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service up until it closed in December 2013. Opening in 1963 with four wings. Blundeston Prison was initially used for the...

Visited with Kinger. We'd kept our eye on this one for a long time, but since it's closure in 2013 there's been a full-time caretaker & on-site security in place. This visit was a case of being in the right place at the right time, and with a contact in the local council we were given a free...

I nearly broke both my legs here, be careful out there. Her Majesty's Prison Maze (known colloquially as Maze Prison, The Maze, The H Blocks or Long Kesh) was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from mid-1971 to mid-2000. It was...