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305: 191: 265:, the name coming from the statues of two griffins that had been either side of the entrance gates to Holloway. The Griffins Society provided more services than its previous iteration, including accommodations for discharged prisoners, a meeting ground for imprisoned mothers and their children, a psychotherapy group, and a coffee bar. By 1994, the Society offered five hostels for discharged women, holding up to 65 women, and enabling a great deal of independence to former prisoners seeking to re-establish life after release. 1102:, the second-season episode "A Special Mischief" has Elizabeth Bellamy joining a band of suffragettes who go out one night vandalising wealthy homes. Rose, the parlourmaid, follows them; they are apprehended by the police. Rose is mistakenly thought to be a suffragette and is put in a ladies' prison, and Holloway is very much implied. Elizabeth is spared going to jail as her bail is paid for by Julius Karekin, one of the rich men being targeted. Elizabeth and Karekin bail Rose out of prison. 406:" was born. These women broke the law in pursuit of their aims, and many were imprisoned at Holloway for their criminal activity. They were not treated as political prisoners, the authorities arguing they were imprisoned for their vandalism, not their opinions. In protest, some went on hunger strike and were force fed so Holloway has a large symbolic role in the history of women's rights in the UK for those in sympathy with the movement. Suffragettes imprisoned there include 324: 635: 2673: 892: 29: 862:
fragility, she was isolated, the cell hatch closed, without hot water, heating or a properly cleaned cell. 'For safety and security' a four-strong 'lockdown' team of prison officers delivered basic care." Observations of Reed had been cut to only one an hour though she was obviously severely psychotic, had threatened suicide and had
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An inspection report from in June 2003, stated that conditions had improved at Holloway Prison. However the report criticised levels of hygiene at the jail, as well as the lack of trained staff, and poor safety for inmates. A further inspection report in September 2008 again criticised safety levels
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The jury at her inquest decided that Reed took her own life when the balance of her mind was disturbed, but were unclear whether she had intended to kill herself. They said failure to manage her medication and the failure to complete the fitness to plead assessment in a reasonable time were factors
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wrote "Sarah's final days were harrowing. She was hallucinating, chanting, without the medication she had relied on for years, sleepless, complaining a demon punched her awake at night. She was on a basic regime, punishment for what was classed as bad behaviour. In spite of her mental and physical
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had the distinction of being detained during both World Wars, three times during 1914 as a suffragette prisoner under the name Dacre Fox, then as a detainee under Regulation 18B in 1940, when she was part of the social circle that gathered around the Mosleys during their early internment period.
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Holloway's Governor Joanna Kelley was promoted to assistant director of prisons (women) in 1966. In 1967, they began to rebuild Holloway Prison. The previous design had been a "star" design where a single warder could oversee many potentially troublesome prisoners and then act promptly to summon
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became Governor of Holloway. Kelley ensured that long-term prisoners received the best accommodation and they were allowed to have their own crockery, pictures and curtains. The prison created "family" groups of prisoners, group therapy and psychiatrists to support some prisoners where required.
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said: "Sarah Reed was a woman in torment, imprisoned for the sake of two medical assessments to confirm what was resoundingly clear, that she needed specialist care not prison. Her death was a result of multi-agency failures to protect a woman in crisis. Instead of providing her with adequate
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In March 2002, Managers at Holloway were transferred to other prisons following an inquiry by the Prison Service. The inquiry followed a number of allegations from prison staff concerning sexual harassment, bullying and intimidation from managers. The inquiry supported some of these claims.
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were on weekly secondments until 1976. Their mission was to provide support for the agency nurses who worked in Holloway. The first 'Male, basic grade' Prison Officer to be posted to HMP Holloway in its (Female inmates only) history, was Prison Officer (Trg) Thomas Ainsworth, who joined the
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assistance. Kelley felt this was wrong as at the time most women prisoners were not violent. It was her ideas that inspired the redesigned prison based on her experience as governor. The rebuilding was completed in 1977. During that time she had become an
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had been called in to advise on an improved healthcare provision at Holloway Prison. Rayner's appointment was announced after the introduction of emergency measures at the prison's healthcare unit after various failures.
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claimed that Holloway Prison was failing many of its inmates, mainly due to financial pressures. However, the report stated that the prison had improved in a number of areas, and praised staff working at the jail.
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A further inspection in 2010 again noted improvements but found that most prisoners said they felt unsafe and that there remained 35 incidents a week of self-harm. The prison's operational capacity is 501.
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was tasked with looking after prisoners once they had served their sentence. Kelley was not keen on the idea. With Kelley's encouragement, the Holloway Discharged Prisoners' Aide Society reformed into the
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As of September 2017, the prison buildings still stand, with draft proposals for the site including housing, a public open green space, playground, women's centre and a small amount of commercial space.
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episode "Rumpole and the Alternative Society," the girl whom Rumpole was defending (until she admitted her guilt to him) was sentenced to three years imprisonment which she served at HM Holloway Prison.
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before being controversially released on appeal a year later; Sheila Bowler, the music teacher wrongly imprisoned for the murder of her elderly aunt, was detained there before being transferred to
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Holloway Prison offered both full-time and part-time education to inmates, with courses including skills training workshops, British Industrial Cleaning Science (BICS), gardening, and painting.
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being held on remand, the subsequent inquest in July 2017 identified failings in the care system. Shortly after Reed died, a report concluded she was unfit to plead at a trial.
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was not a fascist, but was nevertheless held at Holloway in 1939 under Defence Regulation 18B for being German. She was released after six months following an intervention by
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within the walls of the prison, as was customary. In 1971 the prison underwent an extensive programme of rebuilding, during which the remains of all the executed women were
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for inmates of Holloway, claiming that bullying and theft were rife at the prison. The report also noted high levels of self-harm and poor mental health among the inmates.
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in 1973. The new design allowed for "family" groups of sixteen prisoners. Her ideas were in the design of the buildings but her ideas were never enacted.
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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
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British police began using covert photography as a means to document suffragettes in Holloway Prison under falsified names, for later identification
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in her death. The jury were also concerned about how Reed was monitored and claimed Reed received inadequate treatment in prison for her distress.
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or sentenced by the local courts. Accommodation at the prison was mostly single cells; however, there was also some dormitory accommodation.
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The redevelopment resulted in the loss of the "grand turreted" gateway to the prison, which had been built in 1851; architectural critic
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was also known to have been imprisoned at Holloway for attempted murder, before she was convicted of murdering another victim.
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Until 1991, the Prison was staffed by Home Office appointed, female Prison Officers. Male hospital officers from
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was moved there. The couple lived together in a cottage in the prison grounds. They were released in 1943.
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support, the prison treated her ill mental health as a discipline, control and containment issue."
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Later, after her release, Elam had the further distinction of being the only former member of the
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later regretted the loss and said that the climate of opinion at the time was such that the
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The Dream Solution: The Murder of Alison Shaughnessy – and the Fight to Name her killers
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to be granted a visit with Oswald Mosley during his period of detention there.
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Noteworthy inmates that were held at the original 1852-era prison include
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wrote a song about the prison called "Personal Holloway," on their album
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became the first woman to escape over the wall of the prison in 1960.
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In October 1999, it was announced that healthcare campaigner and
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Holloway held three important people closely associated with the
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One of the characters in the 1997 Canadian sci-fi/horror movie
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Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Islington
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The double execution of Sach and Walters at Holloway Prison
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There was a family-friendly visitors' centre, run by the
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In 1965, there was a change in responsibilities and the
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Holloway Prison held female adults and young offenders
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After the death from suicide in January 2016 of inmate
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Gentleman, Amelia; Gayle, Damien (17 February 2016).
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took place at Holloway Prison between 1903 and 1955:
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Mosley's Old Suffragette – A Biography of Norah Elam
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The bodies of all executed prisoners were buried in
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Holloway, London
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51°33′15″N 00°07′30″W / 51.55417°N 0.12500°W / 51.55417; -0.12500
Adult female/Young offenders
HM Prison Services
Holloway
closed category
prison
young offenders
Holloway, London
His Majesty's Prison Service

Newgate
First World War
suffragettes
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emily Davison
Constance Markievicz
Charlotte Despard
Mary Richardson
Dora Montefiore
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
Ethel Smyth
Joanna Kelley
Probation Service
Pentonville
Wakefield
Sarah Reed
paranoid schizophrenic

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