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HM Prison Holloway was a closed category prison for adult women and young offenders in Holloway, London, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. It was the largest women's prison in western Europe, [ 2 ] until its closure in 2016.
The Holloway brooch was designed by Sylvia Pankhurst. Made of silver, it depicts the portcullis symbol of Parliament and a broad arrow, associated with prison uniforms, in purple, white, and green enamel. [1] [2] The brooches were given to suffragettes upon their release from Holloway. [4] The size is one inch by 3 ⁄ 4 of an inch. [5]
Ruth Ellis (née Neilson; 9 October 1926 – 13 July 1955) was an English nightclub hostess and convicted murderer who became the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom following the fatal shooting of her lover, David Blakely.
Robert was moved to Holloway Prison on 18 July and remained there until the trial. He was observed by the Medical Officer, George Edward Walker, who on 10 August, on advice from the guards, moved him to a padded cell for his own safety. He told Walker he heard voices telling him to kill his mother and he had an "irresistible impulse to kill her".
In 1971, the prison underwent an extensive programme of rebuilding, during which the bodies of all the executed women were exhumed for reburial outside the confines of the prison. [8] With the exception of Ruth Ellis , the remains of the women executed at Holloway (Edith Thompson, Styllou Christofi , Amelia Sach and Annie Walters ) were ...
Joanna Elizabeth Kelley OBE (née Beaden; 1910 – 2003) was a British prison governor and civil servant. She led prisons in Britain, including Holloway Prison, where she changed the way prisoners were treated during and after their sentence. She was promoted from Governor to a position where she oversaw the rebuilding of Holloway Prison to ...
Sarah Lynne Reed [1] (22 June 1984 – 11 January 2016) was a British prisoner waiting for psychiatric reports before a possible trial. A woman with a history of mental health problems, and a victim of police brutality a few years earlier, Reed died while on remand in Holloway prison. [2]
Holloway Road, a road that bisects the district; HM Prison Holloway, originally a mixed population prison, but later a female-only prison. Closed in 2016; Holloway (ward), an electoral division of the London Borough of Islington; Lower Holloway, place in the London Borough of Islington; Upper Holloway, place in the London Borough of Islington