.jpg) Pentonville Prison entrance in 2006 | |
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| Location | Barnsbury, London, N7 |
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| Security class | Adult Male and YOI/Category B&C |
| Capacity | 1,115 |
| Population | 1,111 (as of July 2022) |
| Opened | 1842 |
| Managed by | HM Prison Services |
| Governor | Ian Blakeman [1] |
| Website | gov |
HM Prison Pentonville (informally "The Ville") is an English Category B men's prison, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. Pentonville Prison is not in Pentonville, but is located further north, on the Caledonian Road in the Barnsbury area of the London Borough of Islington, north London. In 2015 the justice secretary, Michael Gove, described Pentonville as "the most dramatic example of failure" within the prisons estate.[2][3]
- ^ "Pentonville Prison". 14 February 2024.
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Guardian13/11/2016was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ O’Connor, Mary (23 July 2015). "Islington's Pentonville prison could close under new plans". Islington Gazette. Islington Gazette. Retrieved 21 June 2019.