It was established in 1188, under the reign of King Henry II. What was constructed out of a group of cells housed in London’s city walls above the ‘New Gate’ gatehouse soon became known as a place of ...

Public domain image. Müller was sentenced to death by hanging. He would be executed in public outside Newgate Prison, Old Bailey. According to a press report, the crowd 'filled all the streets in ...

She was a Quaker, and was outraged at conditions for female prisoners in London’s Newgate Prison. She saw hundreds of women imprisoned together in wards. Convicted criminals were mixed with ...