Holloway: Women Behind Bars
Holloway: Women Behind Bars
Holloway: Women Behind Bars

Holloway: Women Behind Bars

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From baby killers and a Moors Murderer to suffragettes and even a suspected witch, criminologist David Wilson delves deeply into the history of HM Prison Holloway as it prepares to close its bars forever. Once Europe's largest women's prison, this is the legacy of the historic jail and its notorious inmates. Learn its rich and complex history, and how it reflected attitudes toward women and crime.

From baby killers and a Moors Murderer to suffragettes and even a suspected witch, criminologist David Wilson delves deeply into the history of HM Prison Holloway as it prepares to close its bars forever. Once Europe's largest women's prison, this is the legacy of the historic jail and its notorious inmates. Learn its rich and complex history, and how it reflected attitudes toward women and crime.

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