HM Prison Pentonville (London)

United Kingdom / England / London
Poet Oscar Wilde spent time here. The singer Pete Doherty spent four nights in Pentonville Prison in February 2005. The actor John Alford spent six weeks in Pentonville in 1999 after being convicted of selling illegal drugs to a reporter. Hugh Cornwell of The Stranglers also served a sentence at Pentonville for drug possession. Irish revolutionary Roger Casement was hanged there on 3 August 1916, and his remains interred at the site until 1965.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentonville_(HM_Prison)
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Coordinates:   51°32'41"N   -0°6'57"E

Comments

  • I used to work for the company that was responsible for appointing repair contractors at this prison. 90% of the repairs and upgrades that were recommended to make the prison suitable for rats to infest (never mind humans to exist in) were declined by the Prison service. No wonder prisoners re-offend, this place is a s**thole and should be demolished and rebuilt (my bosses recommendation) That said, it is a fascinating building and no doubt served its purpose before prisoners discovered that they had human rights (although not as many as the rats) and started to make formal complaints
  • RIP james douggan. god bless you mate
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