English Prisons: An Architectural History Aby Allan Brodie, Jane Croom and James O Davies

Ebook (PDF) published 2013. For most of us, the prison is an unfamiliar institution and life 'inside' is beyond our experience. However, more than 60,000 people now live in our gaols, some serving their sentences in buildings with Victorian or more ancient origins, others in prisons dating from the last twenty years. 'English Prisons: An Architectural History' is the result of the first systematic written and photographic survey of prisons since the early 20th century. It traces the history of the purpose-built prison and its development over the past 200 years. Over 130 establishments that make up the current prison estate and over 100 former sites that have surviving buildings or extensive documentation have been investigated, institutions ranging from medieval castles and military camps to country houses that have been taken over and adapted for penal use. The Prison Service granted the project team unprecedented access to all its establishments, allowing the compilation of an archive of more than 5,000 images ad 250 research files. The team was allowed to go anywhere, to photograph almost anything (except where this could compromise security) and to speak to any inmate. A selection of the images from the archive illustrates this book. For most of us, the prison is an unfamiliar institution and life 'inside' is beyond our experience. However, more than 60,000 people now live in our gaols, some serving their sentences in buildings with Victorian or more ancient origins, others in prisons dating from the last twenty years. 'English Prisons: An Architectural History' is the result of the first systematic written and photographic survey of prisons since the early 20th century. It traces the history of the purpose-built prison and its development over the past 200 years. Over 130 establishments that make up the current prison estate and over 100 former sites that have surviving buildings or extensive documentation have been investigated, institutions ranging from medieval castles and military camps to country houses that have been taken over and adapted for penal use. The Prison Service granted the project team unprecedented access to all its establishments, allowing the compilation of an archive of more than 5,000 ima... Publisher description For most of us, the prison is an unfamiliar institution and life 'inside' is beyond our experience. However, more than 60,000 people now live in our gaols, some serving their sentences in buildings with Victorian or more ancient origins. This book is the result of the first systematic written and photographic survey of prisons since the early 20th century. It traces the history of the purpose-built prison and its development over the past 200 years. Over 130 establishments that make up the current prison estate and over 100 former sites with suviving buildings or extensive documentation have been investigated, institutions ranging from medieval castles and military camps to country houses that have been taken over and adapted for penal use. The Prison Service granted the project team unprecedented access to all its establishments, allowing the completion of an archive of more than 5,000 images and 250 research files. A selection of these images and archive information make up this book. Preface vi Acknowledgements vii Illustration Credits viii Editorial Notes viii Abbreviations viii Introduction: People and Buildings 1 1. Prisons and Punishment before 1775 9 2. Prisons in the Late Eighteenth Century 29 3. National and Local Prisons, 1800-1835 54 4. Pentonville and English Local Prisons, c 1835-1877 84 5. Convict Prisons and Military Prisoners, c 1840-1900 120 6. English Prisons 1878-1921: The Early Years of the Prison Commission 145 7. New Ideals, New Problems: Prisons 1921-1963 173 8. The Buildings of the Prison Department, 1963-1986 198 9. Prisons in the 1990s 221 Gazetteer of Prisons 256 Prisons in England and Wales opened 1946-1998 261 Numbers of Local Prisons in England and Wales 1777-2000 263 Appendix 1. Accommodation in Lancashire Prisons 1877-8 264 Appendix 2. Local Prisons 1878 266 Appendix 3. Local Prison Closures 1878-1931 268 Notes 270 References and Select Bibliography 282 Index 290 Imprint Blank Page Machine generated contents note: Introduction: People and Buildings 1 1 Prisons and Punishment before 1775 9 2 Prisons in the Late Eighteenth Century 29 3 National and Local Prisons, 1800-1835 54 4 Pentonville and English Local Prisons, c 1835-1877 84 5 Convict Prisons and Military Prisoners, c 1840-1900 120 6 English Prisons 1878-1921:The Early Years of the Prison Commission 145 7 New Ideals, New Problems: Prisons 1921-1963 173 8 The Buildings of the Prison Department, 1963-1986 198 9 Prisons in the 1990s 221. English Prisons traces the history and development of the purpose-built prison over the past 200 years. Over 130 current prison estate establishments and over 100 former sites have been investigated