It is 100 years today since the fearsome Newcastle Gaol closed its doors.

She was a Quaker, and was outraged at conditions for female prisoners in London’s Newgate Prison. She saw hundreds of women imprisoned together in wards. Convicted criminals were mixed with ...

The rioting reached from Newgate Prison in the west to Blanchappleton ... while remaining in the UK.” Register now for one of the Evening Standard’s newsletters. From a daily news briefing ...

When Pip first arrives in London, Wemmick takes Pip to Newgate prison which gives him a taste of the poor conditions in which prisoners lived. Later, Wemmick is able to help Pip when he is ...

Defoe was arrested and thrown in Newgate Prison. At his trial, he pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to spend three days in the pillory at the end of July, and to pay a hefty fine. While waiting for ...

Magistrates have heard cases of fine defaulters who have either had “payment plans” rearranged or received short terms of imprisonment in ...