It was established in 1188, under the reign of King Henry II. What was constructed out of a group of cells housed in London’s ...

Evil May Day is the name given to a xenophobic riot that took place in 1517 as a protest against foreigners living in London. The rioting reached from Newgate Prison in the west to Blanchappleton ...

She and was outraged at the conditions faced by female prisoners in London’s Newgate Prison. Fry saw hundreds of women imprisoned together in wards. Convicted criminals were mixed with those ...