HM Prison Reading




































HMP Reading

Reading Prison 1.JPG
The prison in 2007

Location Reading, Berkshire
Security class Young offenders Institution
Opened 1844
Closed 2013
Managed by HM Prison Services
Website Reading at justice.gov.uk

HM Prison Reading, formerly known as Reading Gaol, is a former prison located in Reading, Berkshire, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service until its closure at the end of 2013. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Closure


  • 3 Notable former inmates


  • 4 References


  • 5 Bibliography


  • 6 External links





History




Reading Gaol in 1844


HM Prison Reading was built in 1844 as the Berkshire County Gaol in the heart of Reading on the site of the former county prison, alongside the site of Reading Abbey and beside the River Kennet.


Designed by George Gilbert Scott, it was based on London's New Model Prison at Pentonville with a cruciform shape, and is a good example of early Victorian prison architecture. The Pentonville Prison design of 1842 was based on the design of Eastern State Penitentiary of 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


It was designed to carry out what was the very latest penal technique of the time, known as the separate system. As a county gaol, its forecourt served as the site for public executions, the first one in 1845 before a crowd of 10,000; after 1868 executions took place inside, the last one in 1913.


It was used to hold Irish prisoners involved in the 1916 Easter Rising, for internment in both World Wars, as a borstal and for a variety of other purposes. Most of those interned during the First World War were of German origin but there were also Latin Americans, Belgians, and Hungarians. In 1969 the wing where the Irish had been held was demolished.[2]


In 1973 Reading was re-designated as a local prison, and around that time its old castle wall was removed. The building was designated as Grade II listed in 1978.[3] In 1992 it became a Remand Centre and Young Offenders Institution, holding prisoners between the ages of 18 and 21 years.


Accommodation at the prison consisted of a mixture of single and double occupancy cells, on three wings. There was also a residential unit (Kennet wing) of single occupancy cells for low-security 'open' prisoners. There were two education departments at the prison, one run by the Prison service and one by Milton Keynes College. The remand centre library was run by Reading Borough Libraries.



Closure




Cell occupied by Oscar Wilde, as seen during Reading's 2016 Year of Culture


On 4 September 2013, it was announced that HM Prison Reading would close by the end of that year,[4] and the prison formally closed in November.


There have been calls for the prison building to be preserved as a tourist attraction, and Reading Council have confirmed that they intend to retain the complex.[5] In June 2014 it was proposed that the site could be converted into a theatre venue.[6] However, in November 2015 it was announced by Chancellor George Osborne and Justice Secretary Michael Gove that the site was to be sold to housing developers.[7]


In May 2016 it was announced that the former prison would be made available as an arts venue for the Reading 2016 Year of Culture programme.[8]



Notable former inmates




  • Oscar Wilde – author of poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol based on memory of an execution that took place here while he was serving a sentence for homosexual offences


  • Charles Thomas Wooldridge – murderer, whose execution inspired Wilde's poem


  • Stacy Keach – actor, served six months after being arrested for cocaine smuggling in 1984.


  • Amelia Dyer – serial killer


  • Anthony Joshua – professional boxer and current WBA and IBF heavyweight champion



References





  1. ^ "Reading Prison of Oscar Wilde fame closes early". BBC News: Berkshire. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/albums/enemies-of-the-state/reading-prison/


  3. ^ Historic England. "Reading Gaol (main building) former Her Majesty's Prison (1321948)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 January 2017.


  4. ^ David Millward. "Ministry of Justice announces closure of Reading Prison – Reading Post". Getreading.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2013.


  5. ^ "Call to save 'Oscar Wilde jail' in Reading". BBC. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2013.


  6. ^ "Reading jail considered as site for new theatre". BBC. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.


  7. ^ "Prison building revolution announced by Chancellor and Justice Secretary". gov.uk. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2016.


  8. ^ "HMP Reading set to be Year of Culture venue". BBC News. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.




Bibliography



  • Peter Southerton: Reading Gaol by Reading Town (Berkshire Books, Gloucs., 1993).

  • Anthony Stokes: Pit of Shame, The Real Ballad of Reading Gaol (Waterside Press, 2007).



External links



  • Ministry of Justice pages on Reading

  • Ballad of Reading Gaol Etext

  • Essay on Wilde and the history of Reading Prison


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