The former Naval prison at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was appropriately dubbed “The Castle” in its heyday, and the moniker holds fast today – even 40 years after the prison closed its doors.

He said Osborne was a "real promoter" who acted while at Harvard University and disguised himself as a prisoner on more than one occasion to get a feel for life inside the Portsmouth Naval Prison ...

The Portsmouth Naval Prison opened in 1908 ... across the river and one instance in which a prisoner tried to hide inside a bag of dirty laundry — only one was ever successful, according ...

It is impossible to spend any time on or around the harbor in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, without coming under the spell of the massive, abandoned, and somewhat eerie naval prison on Seavey Island ...

The Navy is trying for a third time to enlist the private sector to redevelop the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s shuttered prison ... and windows are boarded up. Inside, floors are buckled ...

Until the early 1970's the Portsmouth Naval Prison was a corrections facility for prisoners from the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. Jennifer Crompton visited the grounds with a group of former ...

Lasting about an hour or so, the narrated tour aboard the 49-person vessel motors passengers past lighthouses, interesting attractions and historical sites including the Portsmouth Naval Prison ...