Coldbath Fields Prison, also formerly known as the Middlesex House of Correction and Clerkenwell Gaol and informally known as the Steel, was a prison...
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The Coldbath Fields riot took place in Clerkenwell, London, on 13 May 1833. The riot occurred as the Metropolitan Police attempted to break up a meeting...
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London's debtors' prisons were the Coldbath Fields Prison, Fleet Prison, Giltspur Street Compter, King's Bench Prison, Marshalsea Prison, Poultry Compter...
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A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is...
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Clerkenwell (section Prisons)
(1783−1819), English organist and composer Clerkenwell Priory Coldbath Fields Prison Coldbath Fields Riot 1833 The Nether World "Islington Ward population 2011"...
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1794 and its functions were taken over by the Coldbath Fields Prison at Mount Pleasant. The New Prison was rebuilt in 1818 and in 1847, at which time...
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he also spent time in Kent, much of it in the county's prisons. While in Coldbath Fields Prison in August 1832, Dando caught cholera—part of a long-running...
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2023) per hundredweight (112 lb, 51 kg). At Coldbath Fields Prison, the men's counterpart to Tothill Fields, prisoners had to pick 2 lb (910 g) per day...
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another prison, the Clerkenwell Bridewell for convicted criminals, built in around 1615. This closed in 1794, being superseded by nearby Coldbath Fields Prison...
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or connect to a large fan for resistance. Penal treadmills were used in prisons during the 19th Century in both Britain and the United States. In early...
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Richard Carlile. In total, Wright served two years in Newgate and Coldbath Fields prisons, gaining a level of notoriety as the "She-Champion of Impiety"...
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Penal labour (redirect from Prison labor)
physical torment. Sometimes authorities turn prison labour into an industry, as on a prison farm or in a prison workshop. In such cases, the pursuit of income...
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passed in the late 1940s and 1950s, but in general penal labour remains. Prisons have historically used Incentive and Enhanced Privilege systems, known...
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in jail and Stead was sentenced to three months. He was sent to Coldbath Fields Prison for three days and then to Holloway as a first-class inmate for...
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Despite his insistence that he was innocent, Williams was remanded to Coldbath Fields Prison, also known as the Clerkenwell Gaol, where another suspect was also...
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Clerkenwell Bridewell (category Prison stubs)
new Coldbath Fields Prison in Mount Pleasant (also known as 'House of Correction at Cold Bath Fields'). Next door was another prison, the New Prison (1617–1877)...
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Correction for Middlesex, Coldbath Fields Prison, where the governor was Thomas Aris. Sir Francis Burdett met Evans in Coldbath Fields Prison in 1798. Burdett...
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alterations to the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, the rebuilding of Coldbath Fields Prison, and the erection of Banstead Lunatic Asylum. Amongst the churches...
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panic led to the Penal Servitude Act 1857, which increased the minimum prison sentence for offences previously punished by transportation. The July 1862...
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Exmouth Market. The mail centre stands on the site of the former Coldbath Fields Prison that ceased to function in 1885. Its potential use for Post Office...
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Boulton and Park in custody for seven days; they were held at the Coldbath Fields Prison. They left the court and returned to the neighbouring police cells...
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transportation for life. Redfern spent three years in Coldbath Fields prison, England’s cruellest gaol. The prison was so notorious that in 1800 the government...
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previously resisted Burdett's calls for an inquiry into Prison abuses, particularly at Coldbath Fields Prison. William was defeated by Burdett but the election...
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Colonel Edward Despard and other political radicals were held in Coldbath Fields Prison following the suspension of habeas corpus. Together they were instrumental...
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England and Wales (122 prisons), Scotland, (15 prisons) and Northern Ireland (4 prisons). Also included are a number of historical prisons no longer in current...
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had completed a three-month sentence for fraudulent imposture at Coldbath Fields prison, he became Peterson's personal medium, channelling spirit messages...
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in the immediate area (until the 1880s the hill was the site of Coldbath Fields Prison), no station was constructed at Clerkenwell, leaving a greater distance...
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12 May 1851, Somerset was sentenced to 10 days’ imprisonment in Coldbath Fields Prison for horsewhipping a police constable who was on duty outside the...
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previously resisted Burdett's calls for an inquiry into prison abuses, particularly at Coldbath Fields Prison. Mainwaring was defeated by Burdett but the election...
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commanding officer (CO) being Lieutenant-Colonel Colvill, Governor of Coldbath Fields Prison and a former Captain in the 71st Foot. The corps was based at 16...
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