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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.
- Working Chance and Holloway
- The Prison Itself
- Sudden Closure
- Holloway Today
- Hopes For The Future
- Conclusion
Over the years it was open, a network of specialist support services sprung up in and around Holloway to cater to the needs of the many women held there. Working Chance’s own story is deeply intertwined with the history of Holloway. In fact, it was on a visit there that our founder Jocelyn Hillman first saw the lack of hope for the future for women...
Built in 1852 as a mixed sex prison, Holloway became a women-only prison in 1902 and housed over 500 women at any given time. Lauren spent the "worst six months of her life" behind its walls. To her, She criticised the process of rehabilitating women during their sentence as "expecting women to magically flourish after months or even years of traum...
On 15 November 2015, it was suddenly announced that HMP Holloway, would be closed and the site sold off. This came as a shock to many, not least its 500 residents, who were left distressed about what this would mean for them. In 2016, when the prison finally closed, these women were sent to prisons outside of London, ripping them from their familie...
Since its closure, campaigners and organisations such as Reclaim Holloway and Community Plan For Hollowayhave worked tirelessly to make sure that the former site of HMP Holloway is turned into a space that benefits the local community and subverts the prison's dark history by creating a positive space for women who need support to avoid becoming ca...
When asked what her vision for the site would be after experiencing Holloway first hand, Lauren said "in its place, it would be good to invest in mental health and drug services instead, so that women can get the support they need rather than end up in prison." That’s exactly what we believe: a fitting legacy for the site is to provide solutions fo...
The abandoned site where HMP Holloway once stood serves as a reminder that prison isn’t the right place for the vast majority of women we put there. Instead, we must invest in support in the community and ensure women have access to the help they need so that they don’t come into contact with the criminal justice system in the first place. We have ...
Jul 12, 2021 · Originally built as a mixed-sex prison in 1852, in 1902 it became the first female-only local prison in England. In the early 20th Century, suffragettes were imprisoned at...
Dec 14, 2016 · Samuel Agbamu tells the story of North London’s H.M. Prison Holloway and explains why it is a key site of struggle in the fight against social cleansing, as well as institutionalised sexism and racism.
Nov 25, 2015 · ITV News takes a look at the history of HMP Holloway and some of its more infamous inmates: The New City Prison at Holloway , opened 6 October 1852 for both male and female prisoners...
More than 300 suffragettes were incarcerated at Holloway prison during the early 20th century in one of the darker aspects of the campaign for the vote for women, and one that has historical and contemporary resonance for the women’s liberation movement.
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5 days ago · 15 minutes ago. "I remember people screaming and banging on the doors, these maddening screams," recalls former inmate Gerrah Selby on her return to Holloway Prison. "For ages I couldn't go to ...
