holloway prison
Meet the People Visiting the Reclaimed Holloway Prison
Activists want the government to turn the shuttered prison into a women's refuge center.
Feminist Activists Occupy Women's Prison After 10-Hour Standoff with Police
Holloway Prison was once home to suffragettes and serial killers. Now Sisters Uncut have occupied the former jail for the common good.
The Fight to Save the Biggest Women's Prison in Western Europe
HMP Holloway recently closed its doors, and a community effort has risen to stop the former prison site becoming more luxury housing in a city where it's already impossible to find an affordable place to live.
How the British Prison System Fails Female Criminals
Subjecting nonviolent women to the penal torment and social stigma of prison does a hell of a lot more harm than good—for both the inmates and their children.
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