A History of London's Prisons
Title | A History of London's Prisons PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Howse |
Publisher | Grub Street Publishers |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2013-01-19 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1783030674 |
The author of The A-Z of London Murders takes readers behind the bars of the city’s numerous jails and tells the tales of their most infamous inmates. London has had more prisons than any other British city. The City’s “gates” once contained prisons but probably the most notorious of all was Newgate, which stood for over seven hundred years. The eleventh-century Tower of London was used as a prison for a variety of high profile prisoners from Sir Thomas More to the Krays. Discover the background of a variety of historic places of incarceration such as the Clink, the King’s Bench Prison, and debtors’ prisons such as the Fleet Prison and the Marshalsea. “Lost” prisons such as the Gatehouse in Westminster, Millbank Penitentiary, Surrey County Gaol in Horsemonger Lane, the House of Detention, Coldbath Fields Prison, and Tothill Fields Bridewell Prison are also described in detail; as are more familiar jails: Holloway, Pentonville, Brixton, Wandsworth, and Wormwood Scrubs. In A History of London’s Prisons, Geoffrey Howse delves not only into the intricate web of historical facts detailing the origins of the capital’s prisons but also includes fascinating detail concerning the day-to-day life of prisoners—from the highly born to the most despicable human specimens imaginable—as well as those less fortunate individuals who found themselves through no fault of their own “in the clink,” some soon becoming clients of the hangman or executioner.
The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life
Title | The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Mayhew |
Publisher | |
Pages | 740 |
Release | 1862 |
Genre | Correctional institutions |
ISBN |
The London Prisons
Title | The London Prisons PDF eBook |
Author | William Hepworth Dixon |
Publisher | Palala Press |
Pages | |
Release | 2016-05-20 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781357948290 |
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The London Prisons. to Which Is Added, a Description of the Chief Provincial Prisons
Title | The London Prisons. to Which Is Added, a Description of the Chief Provincial Prisons PDF eBook |
Author | William Hepworth Dixon |
Publisher | Palala Press |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 2015-09-21 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781343392106 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life
Title | The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Mayhew |
Publisher | Andesite Press |
Pages | 722 |
Release | 2015-08-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781298633736 |
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Pain and Retribution
Title | Pain and Retribution PDF eBook |
Author | David Wilson |
Publisher | Reaktion Books |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2014-03-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 178023323X |
Today, the Tower of London is a tourist site, home only to the crown jewels, but not long ago the imposing structure held traitors, political prisoners, and more, often on their way to the chopping block. Even outside of this famous building, prisons have changed radically since the Norman Conquest in 1066. In the first book on the history of prisons in Britain, former prison governor and professor of criminology David Wilson offers unrivaled insight into the penal system in England, Scotland, and Wales, charting the rise and fall of forms of punishments that take place behind their walls. Pain and Retribution explores prisons as an institution and examines how they are designed, organized, and managed. Wilson reveals that prisons have to satisfy the demands of three interested parties: the public, from politicians and media commentators to everyday citizens; the prison staff; and the prisoners themselves. He shows how prevailing concerns and issues of the times allow one faction or another to have more power at varying points in history, and he considers how prisons are unable to satisfy all three at the same time—leading to the system being seen as a failure, despite rising numbers of prisoners and growing funds invested in keeping them incarcerated. With intriguing comparisons between the prisons of New York City and Britain and searching questions about the purposes of the current penal system, Pain and Retribution provides unparalleled access to prison landings, staffs, and the people behind the locked doors.
The London Prisons, with an Account of the More Distinguished, Persons Who Have Been Confined in Them
Title | The London Prisons, with an Account of the More Distinguished, Persons Who Have Been Confined in Them PDF eBook |
Author | Hepworth Dixon |
Publisher | Forgotten Books |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2017-06-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780282697273 |
Excerpt from The London Prisons, With an Account of the More Distinguished, Persons Who Have Been Confined in Them: To Which Is Added a Description of Chief Provincial Prisons The latter circumstance led me also to enlarge the plan, so as to take in the Past as well as the Present -thc Political Dungeon as well as the Felon's Cell. The papers had, consequently, to be rewritten and greatly increased in length in fact, they can only be considered as the germs of the present work, two thirds of which' is entirely new. A few words will suffice as to the sources whence my information is derived. So far as regards the actual condition of the various prisons, all the state ments are made from personal knowledge and on my own responsibility. The details given in respect to their past history are nearly all gleaned from my own reading. The Tower only excepted, the London prisons have never yet found a historian a case of neglect by no means merited, considering how closely they are connected with the social and literary history of our country. Nearly all the information which is still extant lies widely scattered in plays, poems, letters, biographies, and sermons. It was not my purpose - as will be found explained elsewhere to collect these fragments; but I have not omitted to weave into my work such of them as seemed to me to possess a peculiar interest, anecdotical, social, or literary. I indulge in the hope that this volume will supply a long-felt desideratum in the literature of our domestic history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.