HM Prison Oxford

HM Prison Oxford was a prison located in Oxford Castle from 1888 until 1996. The castle had been used as a prison since the seventeenth century, but it only acquired the name HM Prison Oxford in the 1888 prison reforms.

In August 1972 prisoners staged a roof-top protest[1] as part of the prison strike organised by Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners in 1972.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14733512.Oxford_Castle_celebrates_history_20_years_since_HM_Prison_closed/
  2. ↑ Fitzgerald, Mike (1976). Prisoners in revolt: the origin and development of Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners (PROP), the British Prisoners Union. Leicester: University of Leicester. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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