Part of History Crime and punishment in Britain, c.1000 to the present day Prisoners at Pentonville prison spent nearly all their time alone and in their cells, for as many as 23 hours in each day.

Former private tutor Edward Lomas killed himself at HMP Pentonville after he was sentenced for sexually abusing children, a report has revealed.

A prison dubbed Britain's cushiest jail has been ranked ... possible grade for security - and placed them alongside notorious Pentonville, Bristol and Wandsworth in the lowest bracket of jails ...

One of Britain’s newest prisons has been ranked among the worst in the country. HMP Five Wells, a G4S-run super prison housing ... Manchester, Pentonville, Peterborough male, Portland ...

Police have urged people not to approach two men who escaped from Pentonville prison in North London, leaving pillows shaped as bodies in their beds. James Whitlock and Matthew Baker are believed ...

In the 1840s there was another surge of national prison-building after the use of transportation slowed down. This began with Pentonville prison in London, which opened in 1842. By 1850 ...

At the pair's subsequent trial, Le Neve was acquitted but the doctor was found guilty in just 27 minutes and hanged at Pentonville Prison on 23 ... artefact of one of Britain's most notorious ...