The jail where offenders were once caged has been transformed into an open plan kitchen, study, gym and boot room. Built in 1846, the last case was in 1890 before it was closed. The Grade II listed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit: (Image: Mike Sewell) Victorian jails such as HMP Leicester should be closed down as a solution to run-down prison ...

Girl criminals as young as 11 are pictured in a haunting collection of mugshots of women in a Victorian prison. Offences ranging from stealing boots, sheets, and drunken behavior saw them locked up in ...

Fulham Prison, near Sale in south-eastern Victoria, was locked down for 3 days following a riot on January 18, in which about 30 prisoners refused to return to their cells, and began destroying ...