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Gates of Wakefield Prison, West YorkshirePrison officers stand at the entrance gates of Wakefield prison. Date: circa 1929
Cell Block Interior, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireThe interior of a cell block at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. Cells line the open galleries which have a safety net strung across to prevent inmates falling
Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireA general view of Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, originally built as a House of Correction in 1594
The Great Train Robbery: aftermath & reportage, 1963" The most daring and fruitful mail robbery in English History" : a page from The Illustrated London News, detailing the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery of 8th August 1963
H. M. Prison, Peterhead, AberdeenshireA view of Peterhead Prison and the North Sea beyond, Aberdeenshire. The prison opened in 1888 and was Scotlands only convict prison
Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Sylvia PankhurstBadge issued by the Womens Social & Political Union with design by Sylvia Pankhurst. This circular tin badge in purple, green and white, shows a young woman
Suffragettes - Christmas Dinner in Holloway by Lawson WoodFour portly prison officers and policemen force feed a handcuffed suffragette Christmas pudding from the police buffet trolley in Holloway Prison. Date: 1912
Pentonville Prison, Islington, North LondonAn aerial view of Pentonville Prison in Islington, North London. The prison was opened in 1842 as the new Model Prison, on the separate system
View of Wandsworth PrisonExterior view of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
Wandsworth Prison, south west LondonA galleried wing of Wandsworth Prison in south west London. Two warders inspect the cells
Irish gentleman in a whisky bar in Dublin prison, 1821Irish gentleman in Croftons whisky and beer bar in Dublin prison, 1821. Bankrupt Brian Boru with his friends in the taproom drinking with criminals and debtors. The Tap in Sheriffs Prison
Aerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West LondonAerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. It was opened as a convict prison in 1883 then used as a local prison from 1890
Suffragette, The House That Man Built Banner. Pro-Suffrage Viewpoint, showing suffragettes carrying a banner. Based on an actual banner
Ground plan of Wandsworth PrisonGround plan of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
State Penitentiary at Stateville, Joliet, Illinois, USAInterior view of a cell block at the Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville, near Joliet, Illinois, USA. The prison was designed using the panopticon principle promoted by Jeremy Bentham
Officers at Shepton Mallet Prison, SomersetThree uniformed prison officers stand in front of Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset. The prison was originally established as a House of Correction in 1625
Pentonville Prison 1844A view of Pentonville Prison, opened in 1842, from a report to Joshua Jebb in 1844
Hogarth Rake Plate 7The Rakes Progress 7. Scene in the Fleet prison
Clink Street, LondonClose to Southwark Cathedral, Clink Street was the site of the Clink Prison where, in the 16th century, heretics were held; the bridges are used for transportation of goods
Pentonville Prison 1842An exterior view of the prison. It was considered to be a model for all new prisons at the time
Suffragettes Released from Prison. A group of suffragette prisoners leave Holloway Prison on 31st July 1908, smiling and waving
General view of Exeter Prison, DevonA general view of Exeter Prison in Devon. Railway lines in the foreground carry a variety of rolling stock including both goods wagons and passenger carriages
Interior of the Prison Chapel at Bodmin Gaol, CornwallInterior of the prison chapel at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall. The prison dates from 1779
Brixton Prison / MayhewFemale convicts during the silent hour at Brixton Prison, London. All prisoners were required to sit quietly outside their cell
Prison HulksCaptured French sailors were housed here during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars
Suffragette to PrisonGo home and wash the kid ! is the advice kindly given to a suffragist as she is led to prison by two policemen
Attacking the BastillePRISE DE LA BASTILLE The Paris mob attacks the Bastille prison
Pentonville Prison CellPENTONVILLE A cell in the prison, with a hammock for sleeping and a loom for day-work
John Bunyan / In PrisonJOHN BUNYAN English preacher and writer, writing in prison
Pentonville PrisonPentonville chapel; prisoners seated in individual pews
Elizabeth Fry (Bibby s)ELIZABETH FRY - Prison reformer, quaker and philanthropist
Plan Pentonville PrisonA plan of the floor layout of Pentonville, a model prison built in London in 1843, with corridors of cells radiating out from a central point & exercise yards
John Maclean, Scottish teacher and revolutionary socialistJohn Maclean (1879-1923), Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary Marxist socialist. He was imprisoned for his opposition to the First World War, and lost his teaching post
Kate Meyrick released from prisonKate Ma Meyrick (1875 -1933), an Irish business woman and Queen of the London nightclub scene. She ran " 43", a late-night jazz club at 43 Gerrard Street in Soho
Suffragette Poetry Holloway Jingles. A collection of poems written in Holloway Prison during March and April 1912 and published by the Glasgow Branch of the Womens Social & Political Union
Convict in prison cell turning hand-crank
Convict transportation to AustraliaList of convicts embarked on the ship Merchantman from Portland to Western Australia, June 1864 Date: 1864
Whip and Whipping Post at Wandsworth PrisonWhip and Whipping Post at Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
Ground plan of Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862
Ground plan of Holloway PrisonGround plan of London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862
Winson Green Prison, BirminghamThe castle-like entrance to Winson Green Prison, Birmingham, built in 1849 as a local gaol for adult male offenders
Inkerman Barracks, Woking, SurreyA view of the entrance to Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey. The buildings were originally opened in 1860 as an invalid prison for convicts not fit enough to be sent to Dartmoor
Prison reformer Elizabeth Fry visits women at NewgateElizabeth Fry (1780-1845) on a visit to Newgate Prison, London. In 1817, Fry and a group of like-minded, mostly Quaker, women formed the Ladies Association for the Reformation of the Female Prisoners
Man in the Iron Mask, playing the cello in prisonThere are conflicting theories as to who this man was. One is that he was Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli (Matthioli or Marchioly, 1640-1703), an Italian diplomat, arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669
Old houses in the Butcher Row, London The right-hand corner house on St. Clements Lane reputedly used by the leaders of the Gunpowder Plot
Portsmouth Prison Tread-wheelPrisoners on the tread-wheel at Portsmouth Prison, Hampshire. Date: circa 1900
Portsmouth Prison GalleryOne of the galleries at Portsmouth Prison, Hampshire, cell doors lining each side. Date: circa 1900
Clerkenwell Prison explosionEffects of the explosion at the house of detention, Clerkenwell, seen from within the prison yard: police officers and firemen searching the ruins