Part of History Crime and punishment in Britain, c.1000 to the present day Prisoners at Pentonville prison spent nearly all their time alone and in their cells, for as many as 23 hours in each day.

Prisoners were put to work sewing mailbags and coal sacks. Pentonville prison in London was the most famous prison that was run as a separate prison. It was designed specially with wings radiating ...

Former private tutor Edward Lomas killed himself at HMP Pentonville after he was sentenced for sexually abusing children, a report has revealed.

A prison guard has been suspended over claims she had a fling with a drug dealer and killer behind bars. Stephanie Adair is ...

Two years after the shooting, police made a breakthrough in the case when a prisoner at HMP Pentonville, north London, came forward to report an alleged ... “So far as Mr La Croix is concerned – it ...