HM Prison Oxford

HM Prison Oxford was a prison in Oxford Castle from 1888 until 1996. The castle had been used as a prison since the seventeenth century, but it only acquired the name HM Prison Oxford in the 1888 prison reforms.

In August 1972, prisoners staged a rooftop protest[1] as part of the prison strike organised by Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Oxford Castle celebrates history 20 years since HM Prison closed". Oxford Mail. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. ^ Fitzgerald, Mike (1976). Prisoners in revolt: the origin and development of Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners (PROP), the British Prisoners Union. Leicester: University of Leicester.



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