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List of prisons in the United Kingdom is a list of all 141 current prisons as of 2024 in the United Kingdom spread across the three UK legal systems of England and Wales (122 prisons), Scotland, (15 prisons) and Northern Ireland (4 prisons). Also included are a number of historical prisons no longer in current use.
This is a list of prisoners who have received a whole life order, formerly called a whole life tariff, through some mechanism in jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. From the introduction of the whole life order system in 1983 until an appeal by a prisoner named Anthony Anderson in 2002, a whole life order was set by government ministers.
People convicted of treason against the United Kingdom (1 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Prisoners and detainees of the United Kingdom" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total.
World War II civilian prisoners held by the United Kingdom (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "British prisoners and detainees" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
On February 18, 1942, Steinhilper and a friend, disguised as painters, used a ladder to escape over two barbed wire fences. The pair got as far as Watertown, New York, before being arrested by police. Steinhilper was soon sent to Gravenhurst, Ontario, where he attempted two further escapes. November 24, 1941 – RAF Carlisle, United Kingdom.
This is an incomplete list of Prisoner of War (POW) Camps located in the United Kingdom during World War II. [1]German POWs in England were graded as follows: "Grade A (white) were considered anti-Nazi; Grade B (grey) had less clear feelings and were considered not as reliable as the 'whites'; Grade C (black) had probable Nazi leanings; Grade C+ (also Black) were deemed ardent Nazis."
The Sonderfahndungsliste G.B. ("Special Search List Great Britain") was a secret list of prominent British residents to be arrested, produced in 1940 by the SS as part of the preparation for the proposed invasion of Britain. After the war, the list became known as The Black Book. [1]
Thresholds of Peace — German Prisoners and the People of Britain 1944-1948. London: Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 978-0-241-89862-8. Wolff, Helmut (1974). Die deutschen Kriegsgefangenen in britischer Hand — ein Überblick [The German Prisoners of War in British Hands – An Overview] (in German). The Scientific Commission for the History of German ...