History of Wakefield Prison

Welcome to this the first episode in a new series documenting the crimes of individuals who have been residents of Wakefield Prison, otherwise known as monster mansion, due to its reputation for housing some of Britain’s most brutal, and notorious criminals. Join me for this instalment, in which I explore the history of the prison, what life behind its walls was like, and delve into the crimes of some of its long forgotten inmates.

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Wakefield prison resources https://www.britannica.com/place/West-Yorkshire https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wakefield_(England) https://imfromyorkshire.uk.com/wakefield-history/ https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/secret-history-wakefield-1806630 https://outwoodcommunityvideo.co.uk/facts-about-her-majestys.html https://www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/the-great-visitation-of-1604-the-plague-in-york/ https://www.tudorsociety.com/walter-calverley-d-1605-a-murderous-man/ https://www.urbanfantasist.com/home/the-real-lives-of-the-ghosts-in-my-stories-1-sir-walter-calverley http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=27839 https://experiencewakefield.co.uk/guide/history-heritage/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z88fk7h/revision/6 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 29 January 1932 (pg 7) Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 29 March 1872 (pg 3) Burnley Express - Saturday 13 October 1934 Wakefield Free Press - Saturday 29 June 1895 Bradford Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 04 April 1871 Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 28 September 1907 Leeds Mercury - 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Friday 14 May 1993 The Scotsman - Monday 19 August 1991 Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Friday 30 September 1994 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 15 December 1999 Daily Mirror - Thursday 05 July 1990 Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Tuesday 13 July 1993 Newcastle Journal - Thursday 09 July 1992 Aberdeen Evening Express - Tuesday 07 January 1997 Sunday Mirror - Sunday 19 September 1999 Reading Evening Post - Tuesday 11 September 1990 Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Thursday 17 December 1992 Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 11 September 1991 Liverpool Echo - Friday 20 October 1995 Daily Mirror - Friday 25 May 1990 Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 06 August 1998 Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Monday 31 July 1995 The People - Sunday 15 October 1995 Daily Mirror - Thursday 25 November 1993 Northern Whig - Tuesday 08 March 1932 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Tuesday 08 March 1932 Bradford Observer - Tuesday 23 December 1952 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 09 February 1953 Weekly Dispatch (London) - Sunday 14 December 1952 https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/ira-prisoner-on-life-sentence-who-escaped-from-wakefield-prison-1.2446680 https://www.britsoccrim.org/volume1/013.pdf Western Daily Press - Wednesday 11 April 1906     https://www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/wakefield-history/essays-on-aspects-of-wakefield-history/westgate-station/ https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/history/gruesome-tales-evil-criminals-executed-18659161 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/5085/ https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/10/Wakefield-Web-2018.pdf Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP Wakefield by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 11, 12 & 18–22 June 2018 https://youtu.be/NBV8OaEovz8?si=OLlAYVng4qtLEn3H Geographics Wakefield Prison https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wakefield-prison https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/life-shadow-notorious-monster-mansion-19319802 https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/history/gruesome-tales-evil-criminals-executed-18659161 https://outwoodcommunityvideo.co.uk/facts-about-her-majestys.html https://insidetime.org/deliberately-inflicted-powerlessness/ https://menwhosaidno.org/context/context_wakefieldX.html https://history.blog.gov.uk/2016/10/21/whats-the-context-22-october-1966-spy-george-blake-escapes-from-wormwood-scrubs/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29009I/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/znkfsk7/revision/7#:~:text=A%20conscientious%20objector%20close%20conscientious,during%20two%2020th%2Dcentury%20conflicts. https://www.menwhosaidno.org/cosnew/cotx05b2.html https://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/heritage-trails/wakefield-s-war-wakefield-in-the-second-world-war/