Pentonville Prison

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Overview

Alternative Names   Pentonville Prison, HMP Pentonville

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Prison

Jurisdiction   Local

Date opened   1885 [1842]

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Caledonian Road   London, Islington

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Middlesex

Critical Remarks

Originally constructed as a convict prison which opened in 1842 (ID 1001). In 1885 it became a local prison.

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Prison Info

Alternative Names   Pentonville Prison, HMP Pentonville

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Local

Date opened   1885 [1842]

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Caledonian Road   London, Islington

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.545  Long.   -0.115833

County   Middlesex

Critical Remarks

Originally constructed as a convict prison which opened in 1842 (ID 1001). In 1885 it became a local prison.

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Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   3921

Daily Daily average   -   1105

 

Year 1893

Annual Committed   -   9710

Daily   -  

 

Year 1898

Annual Committed   -   11645

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.78; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.74; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.73; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.72; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.72; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.66; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.64; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.63; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.62; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.64
  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.164; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.307; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.346; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.360; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.405

Additional Primary Sources

  • Walter Thornbury, 'Pentonville', in Old and New London: Volume 2 (London, 1878), pp. 279-289. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol2/pp279-289

Management

Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM7/328

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Associated Labour, experiment at Pentonville

Dates: 1899