On St George’s Day 1684 there was an explosion which destroyed the interior of Clifford’s Tower. At the time townsfolk used to toast the potential demolition of what they were accustomed to call the ...

The cell block at Portsmouth Naval Prison contains 320 cells, half of which were built in 1908 while the other half were finished three years later. Each cell block, according to Hildreth, was six ...

I drive up towards the imposing stone Oxford Castle & Prison and enter the Lobby. With low, vaulted ceilings, quirky artworks and a dark and dramatic feel, I know that this will not be a stock ...

Despite full prison cells, confinement was not actually the typical form of punishment in 17th-century Sicily, according to the study. Forced labor, like that on the galley ships, was used more ...