Pentonville Prison in 1842

HM Prison Pentonville is a prison built in 1842 in North London. Its design was influenced by the "separate system" developed at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Her Majestys Prison Service is the British Executive Agency reporting to the Home Office tasked with managing many of the prisons within the United Kingdom. ... Prisons in England and Wales are divided into several categories relating to the age, gender and security classification of the prisoners it holds. ... Barnsbury is a place in the London Borough of Islington. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... In the UK, a prison governor, or operational manager, is responsible for the management and security of prisons, remand centres and young offenders institutions. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Pentonville_Prison_ILN_1842. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Pentonville_Prison_ILN_1842. ... Her Majestys Prison Service is the British Executive Agency reporting to the Home Office tasked with managing most of the prisons within England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own Prison Services). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Eastern State Penitentiary is a former state prison in the United States. ... Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ...

The first modern prison opened in London in 1816 – the new Millbank prison. It had separate cells for 860 prisoners, and proved satisfactory (to the authorities, at least), thus commencing a programme of prison building to deal with the rapid increase in prisoner numbers occasioned by the ending of capital punishment for many crimes and a steady reduction in the use of transportation. Millbank Prison was a large prison built in Millbank, Pimlico, London. ...

Two Acts of Parliament were passed allowing for the building of Pentonville prison for the detention of convicts sentenced to imprisonment or awaiting transportation. Construction started on 10 April 1840 and was completed in 1842. The total cost to build the new prison was £84,186 12s 2d. Its design consisted of a central hall, with five radiating wings, all of which are visible to staff positioned at the centre. (This design, intended to keep prisoners isolated from each other – the "separate system" first used at Pennsylvania's Eastern State Penitentiary – was not, as is often thought, a panopticon. Guards had no view into individual cells from their central position.) Pentonville was originally designed to hold 520 prisoners under the separate system, each having his own cell, 13 feet long, 7 feet wide and 9 feet high. Conditions were vastly better and healthier than at Newgate and similar older prisons, and each prisoner was made to undertake work, such as picking coir (tarred rope) and weaving. Pentonville became the model for British prisons; a further 54 were built to the same basic design over the next six years, and hundreds throughout the British Empire. The cost of keeping a prisoner at Pentonville was about 15 shillings a week in the 1840s. April 10 is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For details of notes and coins, see British coinage and British banknotes. ... Before decimalisation in 1971, a shilling had a value of 12d (old pence), and was equal to 1/20th of a pound: there were 240 (old) pence to the pound. ... For silver pennies produced after 1820 see Maundy money. ... Panopticon blueprint by Jeremy Bentham, 1791 The Panopticon is a type of prison building designed by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham in the late eighteenth century. ... Old Newgate Prison, which was replaced in the 18th century. ... Coir (Etymological origin: from Tamil and Malayalam - kayar - cord) is a coarse fibre extracted from the fibrous outer shell of a coconut. ... Tweed loom, Harris, 2004 Woven sheet Weaving is an ancient textile art and craft that involves placing two sets of threads or yarn made of fiber called the warp and weft of the loom and turning them into cloth. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... Before decimalisation in 1971, a shilling had a value of 12d (old pence), and was equal to 1/20th of a pound: there were 240 (old) pence to the pound. ...

Prisoners under sentence of death were not housed at Pentonville until the closure of Newgate in 1902, when Pentonville took over responsibility for executions in north London. Condemned cells were added and an execution room built to house Newgate's gallows, which were transferred to it. These gallows in Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park are maintained by Arizona State Parks. ...

Today, Pentonville is a local prison, holding prisoners remanded by local magistrates' and crown court, and those serving short sentences or beginning longer sentences. As of 31st January 2006, it held 1,177 adult males. A magistrate is a civil or criminal (or both) judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. ... Crown Court and County Court in Oxford. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

The closest tube station to the prison is Caledonian Road. The London Underground is an electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... Caledonian Road tube station. ...

Famous residents

Poet Oscar Wilde spent time here before being transferred to Wandsworth and finally Reading. The singer Pete Doherty spent four nights in Pentonville Prison in February 2005 while unable to make bail (on charges which were later dropped). 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. Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. ... Peter Doherty (born March 12, 1979) is an English musician. ... The word bail as a legal term means: Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that persons appearance for trial. ... John Alford is an English actor best known for his appearances in Grange Hill and Londons Burning. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Stranglers are an English rock music group, formed on September 11, 1974 in Guildford, Surrey. ... Revolutionary, when used as a noun, is a person who either advocates or actively engages in some kind of revolution. ... Sir Roger David Casement CMG (Irish: Ruairí Mac Easmainn[1]) (1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916) was an Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary and nationalist by inclination. ...

Pete Doherty wrote a song about Pentonville prison, named "Pentonville", which is on the Babyshambles album Down In Albion. This article is about the band Babyshambles. ... Down in Albion is the first album by Baby Shambles, Pete Dohertys post-Libertines band. ...

Udham Singh, the famous Indian revolutionary, who shot Sir Michael O'Dwyer ( Governor of the Punjab during the Amritsar Massacre ), was also detained, and finally hanged, here. The last man ever to be hanged here was Walter John Cross who was hanged by Albert Pierrepoint for the murder of Peter Bushby in 1948.* Udham Singh (Punjabi: Hindi:उधम सिंह् ; December 26, 1899 – July 31, 1940), born Sher Singh was a Sikh Punjabi Marxist and nationalist best known for assassinating Michael ODwyer in March 1940 in what has been described as an avengement of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre [1]. Singh was also known as Ram... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Look up Punjab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Amritsar massacre The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, was named after the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden) in Amritsar, where, on April 13, 1919, British Indian Army soldiers opened fire on an unarmed gathering of men, women and children. ... Hanging to Music. ...

External links

• Pentonville's Victorian history
• More information about Pentonville Prison
• Present-day aerial view of Pentonville Prison

Citations

• http://www.murderfile.net/names/cross48.htm