The prison allocates two guests per cell in A Wing, a multi-floor, unheated Victorian prison block complete with suicide nets and (now disconnected) individual-use toilets and sinks. The rickety ...

The proposed listing by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) would cover the Victorian ... was prison was said to be tough, with prisoners nicknaming it "Bar-hell" as its five blocks were ...

Every so often, we all crave a luxurious getaway and one woman insists that you try out a raved about hotel with a twist Nestled in the heart of Oxford is a former Victorian prison that has been ...

Nestling in the historical city of Oxford is a former Victorian prison transformed ... and it is quite literally a prison." She described her journey to the cell block and how she entered her ...

He explained: ‘The main difference is at a Victorian prison, the transactional tasks take up all the time. ‘In Barlinnie, it takes an hour-and-a-half for a meal in one house block.

MINISTERS have ruled out reopening Victorian jails to ease the prison overcrowding crisis. They looked at reusing facilities such as Holloway in North London but decided it would take too long to ...