HM Prison Wandsworth is a prison in Wandsworth in south London, England. It was built in 1851 when it was known as the Surrey House of Correction. It was designed according to the humane Panopticon principle with a number of corridors radiating from a central control point and each prisoner having toilet facilities. Subsequently, the toilets were removed to increase prison capacity and the prisoners had to engage in the humiliating process of 'slopping-out' until 1996. Wandsworth contains two wings. The smaller one was originally designed for women but now houses the Vulnerable Prisoners Unit - primarily those convicted of sex offences. 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). ... Wandsworth is a place by the River Thames in south London. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Panopticon blueprint by Jeremy Bentham, 1791 The Panopticon is a type of prison building designed by the philosopher Jeremy Bentham. ... Hall is a term often used to refer to several different types of room in a house or a building. ... Flush toilet A toilet is a plumbing fixture and a disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes urine and feces. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

It was the site of 135 executions, from 1878 to 1961. Notable people executed include traitors Duncan Scott-Ford, William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) and John Amery and murderers George Chapman and John George Haigh. 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Duncan Alexander Croall Scott-Ford (September 4, 1921 – November 3, 1942) was a British merchant seaman who was hanged for Treachery after giving information to an enemy agent during World War II. Scott-Ford was born in Plymouth. ... William Joyce (April 24, 1906 – January 3, 1946), known as Lord Haw-Haw was a fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster to the United Kingdom during World War II. A condemned war-time traitor, he was controversially executed for treason. ... Lord Haw-Haw is the nickname of an announcer on the English language propaganda World War II radio programme Germany Calling. ... John Amery (March 14, 1912–December 19, 1945) was a British anti-Communist who proposed to Hitler the forming of a British volunteer force (what became the British Free Corps), made recruitment efforts and propaganda broadcasts for Nazi Germany. ... Illustration of George Chapman from an old newspaper article. ... John George Haigh was a serial killer who admitted to killing eight people (but was only charged with six murders) in England in the 1940s. ...

Derek Bentley was also killed here. The gallows were finally dismantled in 1998. The execution chamber is now used as a tea room for the prison officers. Derek Bentley (30 June 1933 - 28 January 1953) was hanged at the age of 19 for a murder committed by a friend, creating a cause célèbre and leading to a 45-year long successful campaign to win him a posthumous pardon. ... These gallows in Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park are maintained by Arizona State Parks. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... . The execution chamber at Florida State Prison An execution chamber, or death chamber, is a room in which a legal execution is carried out. ... TEA Shop is the name for the Training and employment service in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. TEA stands for Training, Employment, Advice. ... A prison officer is a person charged with the responsibility of the supervision of prisoners in a prison. ...

In 1951, it was chosen as the site for a national stock of two types of implement for serious corporal punishment inflicted in prison under magistrate's orders, either as part of the original sentence or as disciplinary punisment under the prison rules : birch and cat o' nine tails 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In law, a sentence forms the final act of a judge-ruled process, and also the symbolic principal act connected to his function. ... Birching is corporal punishment with a birch rod, typically a spanking given on the delinquents buttocks, alternatively on the back and/or over the shoulders. ... A leather cat o nine used for BDSM play The Cat O Nine Tails is a type of multi-tailed whipping device that originated as an implement for severe physical punishment as in the British Royal Navy. ...

Ronnie Biggs, Great Train Robber, escaped from Wandsworth in 1965. Ronald Arthur Biggs (born August 8, 1929 in Londons tough East End), known commonly as Ronnie Biggs, is a British prisoner who is known for his role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963. ... The Great Train Robbery was the name given to a train robbery, occurring on August 8, 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom The Royal Mails Glasgow to London travelling post office (TPO) train was stopped by tampered signals. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

As of June 2005, the operational capacity of Wandsworth Prison was 1416, making it the largest prison in London, and the second largest in Britain, after Liverpool. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby...

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