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A further report released in June 2015 indicated that
Pentonville had "deteriorated even further" since the previous inspection. The report highlighted that many inmates were left without basic provisions, including pillows and utensils, that there were "mounds of rubbish" on the floors and cockroach
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Pentonville was dilapidated, overcrowded and porous to drugs, mobile phones and weapons. Windows noted as insecure in 2016 are still insecure, vermin is rife and many prisoners go for weeks without exercise in fresh air. Gang-related incidents during prayer meetings have increased. Staff are
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Prisoners were forbidden to speak to each other and when out on exercise would tramp in silent rows, wearing brown cloth masks. In chapel, which they had to attend every day, they sat in cubicles, or "coffins" as the prisoners referred to them, their heads visible to the warder but hidden from each
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Pentonville Prison in early 2005. Months later inspectors reported that despite the new facilities, primary care for prisoners such as clinical supervision of nurses and drug dispensing practices were inadequate. A year later, 14
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Whitlock followed years of underinvestment and staff cuts. Steve Gillan of the POA said, "The reality of the situation is the focus should be on Government and their budget cuts that have created this situation. The basics of security aren't getting done simply
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blamed overcrowding for poor standards at HMP Pentonville. The inspection found that basic requirements for inmates such as telephones, showers and clean clothes were not being provided regularly enough. The report also noted a lack of access to education for inmates and inadequate specialised
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Pentonville as squalid and inhumane. Blocked toilets and leaking sewage were found, broken facilities meant prisoners going without clean clothes, showers and hot food. Prisoners were regularly confined two to a cell 12 foot by 8 foot. The report
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called the escape the "final straw" and urged that the prison should be closed. "People don't seem to be safe inside
Pentonville and now it transpires inmates can escape. (...) If they don't have control of the place, what is the point of it being there? This was built in 1842 and is totally
263:. The contract is working neither for Pentonville nor the taxpayer". The report noted improvements, including uniformed staff using body-worn cameras and anti-drone technology. There was concern about the frequency of assaults on staff, which at that time averaged about 10 a month.
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They were "admirably ventilated", a visitor wrote, and had a water closet, though these were replaced by communal, foul-smelling recesses because they were constantly blocked and the pipes were used for communication. The cost of keeping a prisoner at
Pentonville was about 15
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energetic and committed but there were too few staff most of the time. Wings were shut down for three or four half days a week, activities and association time were limited. At the end of July 2018 the prison held 1,215 men. The IMB singled out for praise a
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stated that the prison was infested with rats and cockroaches and had insufficient levels of staff. The report also criticised the detention conditions for mentally ill inmates, the reception facilities for new prisoners and the library provision at the jail.
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Mental disturbances were common. An official report admitted that "for every sixty thousand persons imprisoned in
Pentonville there were 220 cases of insanity, 210 cases of delusion, and forty suicides". However, conditions were better and healthier than at
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As we reported in the summer to the
Secretary of State for Justice, HMP Pentonville will remain a soft target for contraband and other security breaches as long as its dilapidated windows are in place, notwithstanding the efforts of management and
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We've been warning for a long time that there's a severe shortage of staff, staff are under pressure. Pentonville's one of those jails that's suffered really terribly from staff shortages and, you know, people not wanting to join the job
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2009: Convicted arsonist Julien Chautard escaped by clinging on to the underside of the prison van which had delivered him to the jail from Snaresbrook Crown Court. He returned to the prison four days later after giving himself up to
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2012: Convicted murderer John Massey escaped from within the prison confines at Pentonville on Wednesday 27 June 2012, 18:30 BST, and was recaptured in Kent two days later following what police described as "an intelligence-led
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procedures for vulnerable prisoners. The inspection report also praised a number of areas of the prison including the healthcare department, the prison drugs strategy and programmes for reducing offending behaviour.
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because there is not enough staff to deal with the daily tasks." The prison's independent inspection watchdog described Pentonville as a "soft target" through the "dilapidated" state of the Victorian building.
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public was warned not to approach the escaped prisoners. Baker was recaptured a few days later hiding in his sister's house in Ilford, with Whitlock found by police six days after the breakout.
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From 2018/2019 new windows were placed and, outside window cages, netting was put up, after the escape from G wing, around the whole prison to stop drones and parcels being received.
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other. The chaplains were very influential, making individual cell visitations, urging the convicts to reform, and supervising the work of the schoolmasters.
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It had a central hall with four radiating wings, all visible to staff at the centre. This design, intended to keep prisoners isolated – the "
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immediately after the transfer, were transferred two days before an inspection in order to manipulate prison population figures.
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G wing has an education department, a library and workshops.
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Islington
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was published in England while he was still in Pentonville.
1890:"This Week in the History of the Irish: June 15 - June 21"
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for which he was hanged at Pentonville Prison on 31 July.
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F wing: Detoxification Unit (F4 F5 Vulnerable Prisoners)
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spent time in Pentonville before being transferred to
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1913:"Capital punishment in Britain: The hangman's story"
1769:. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. pp. 144–145.
1458:"Pentonville: Overcrowded, understaffed and failing"
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Il-habs: l-istorja tal-habsijiet f'Malta (1800-2000)
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1340:. Volume 497: debated on Tuesday 20 October 2009.
1841:"Madan Lal Dhingra: A lion hearted National hero"
373:and similar older prisons, and each prisoner was
1006:"Police catch second Pentonville prison escaper"
693:"he Finest ever made in the name of Patriotism".
521:In August 2007, a report from the Pentonville's
222:G wing: remands and convicted (G5 enhanced only)
1991:. 4 April 2008 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
1723:. The Old Police Cells Museum for Sussex Police
1616:"Escaped murderer John Massey captured in Kent"
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1989:"Keith Allen: mad, bad and dangerous to know?"
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2110:Present-day aerial view of Pentonville Prison
1190:Pentonville prison, at Capital Punishment.org
685:rites and buried by the British authorities.
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2105:More information about Pentonville Prison
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2003:"RIGHT-WING HISTORIAN FREED FROM PRISON"
1796:. Hope India Publications. p. 161.
1121:The English: A Social History, 1066-1945
2115:Joshua Jebb on Pentonville Prison, 1844
1865:The Life And Times Of Madan Lal Dhingra
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210:C wing: Remands and convicted prisoners
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148:(informally "The Ville") is an English
2080:"Club Statement regarding Nile Ranger"
814:served a sentence for drug possession.
1971:"George Best: Been there, drunk that"
1896:, Luain, 14 June 2014, archived from
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1694:Rawlinson, Kevin (9 November 2016).
458:, in the prison cemetery located at
1588:"Escaped arsonist hands himself in"
1380:"Inmates 'moved before jail check'"
1279:"Prison staff in 'corruption' quiz"
1253:"Healthcare at prison is condemned"
454:. All the executed were buried in
271:The first modern prison in London,
66:Adult Male and YOI/Category B&C
33:Pentonville Prison entrance in 2006
1862:Bandhu, Vishav (19 January 2021).
1715:Rowland, David (1 December 2014).
1658:"Second escaped prisoner arrested"
1462:The Howard League for penal reform
1353:Cahalan, Paul (18 November 2009).
1305:"'Endemic squalor' at Pentonville"
341:– was not, as is often thought, a
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2025:McGrath, Nick (12 October 2010).
1767:India's Struggle for Independence
1742:Maddox, Brenda (September 2008),
1675:Marsh, Bethan (8 November 2016).
1464:, The Howard League, 23 June 2015
1162:The Reform of Prisoners 1830-1900
689:privately acknowledged Dhingra's
620:inappropriate for modern needs."
207:J wing: Enhanced wing (Drug free)
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1977:– via www.theguardian.com.
1004:McKee, Ruth (13 November 2016).
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2100:Pentonville's Victorian history
1793:Jawaharlal Nehru on Communalism
1681:Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times
1438:. Prison Phone Ltd. 6 July 2015
1025:O’Connor, Mary (23 July 2015).
156:. Pentonville Prison is not in
2400:1842 establishments in England
1969:O'Hagan, Sean (21 July 2002).
1548:Howard League for Penal Reform
1540:Background Note on Pentonville
1123:. Grafton Books. p. 667.
1104:The Criminal Prisons of London
557:Howard League for Penal Reform
544:In February 2014, a report by
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2415:Category C prisons in England
2410:Category B prisons in England
1911:Milmo, Cahal (6 April 2006).
1568:Henley, Jon (31 March 2009).
1517:Independent Monitoring Boards
1119:Hibbert, Christopher (1987).
546:HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
443:, was executed 8 March 1945.
213:D wing: Remands and convicted
1646:. BBC News. 7 November 2016.
1632:. BBC News. 7 November 2016.
910:, for drug driving offences.
668:Indian independence movement
523:Independent Monitoring Board
247:Prison Officers’ Association
231:Independent Monitoring Board
154:His Majesty's Prison Service
93:; 182 years ago
609:Prison Officers Association
170:London Borough of Islington
83:1,111 (as of July 2022)
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2420:Execution sites in England
1843:. Hindu Janajagruti Samiti
1590:. BBC News. 31 March 2009.
511:Chief Inspector of Prisons
389:and five ounces of bread.
335:Eastern State Penitentiary
286:Pentonville prison in 1842
152:men's prison, operated by
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1618:. BBC News. 29 June 2012.
1604:. BBC News. 28 June 2012.
245:Mike Rolfe, chair of the
204:A wing: Early days Centre
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2319:Tothill Fields Bridewell
2084:www.southendunited.co.uk
2060:. BBC. 18 September 2010
1160:Forsythe, James (1987).
505:Pentonville prison, 2013
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2259:Giltspur Street Compter
1839:Godbole, Dr Shreerang.
1765:Chandra, Bipan (1989).
1721:Old Police Cells Museum
1410:London Evening Standard
1206:Capitalpunishmentuk.org
1175:Attard, Edward (2007).
1150:Hibbert (1987), p. 668.
821:, gossip columnist for
799:, football player with
493:, aged 21, was hanged.
1570:"Great prison escapes"
1386:. BBC. 20 October 2009
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624:Notable former inmates
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2314:St Giles's Roundhouse
2224:Clerkenwell Bridewell
1868:. Prabhat Prakashan.
1820:. The Open University
1330:Transfer of Prisoners
1285:. BBC. 14 August 2006
698:Hawley Harvey Crippen
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146:HM Prison Pentonville
2435:London crime history
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2011:. 23 February 1994.
1754:on 25 September 2008
1717:"Pentonville Prison"
1336:transcripts for the
1311:. BBC. 9 August 2007
1202:"Pentonville prison"
986:"Pentonville Prison"
819:Taki Theodoracopulos
419:Irish revolutionary
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2329:Wood Street Compter
2304:Palace of Placentia
1950:on 14 February 2013
1818:"Madan Lal Dhingra"
1664:. 13 November 2016.
1359:Your Local Guardian
1033:. Islington Gazette
988:. 14 February 2024.
857:John Alford (actor)
843:Keith Allen (actor)
631:John Boyle O'Reilly
473: /
194:magistrates' courts
137:/pentonville-prison
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1485:. 8 November 2016.
1412:. 18 February 2014
1259:. BBC. 4 July 2005
1233:. BBC. 20 May 2003
1066:. 7 November 2016.
897:false imprisonment
829:Nothing to Declare
666:activist with the
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2150:Prisons in London
1803:978-81-7871-117-1
1776:978-0-14-010781-4
1031:Islington Gazette
801:Cardiff City F.C.
700:(Dr Crippen) was
687:Winston Churchill
660:Madan Lal Dhingra
574:set up to reduce
572:social enterprise
539:attempted suicide
441:Cleft chin murder
437:Amritsar Massacre
431:(Governor of the
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