HM Holloway Prison, considered as the largest women's prison in Western Europe, is about to be closed and sold off for housing.
This Victorian prison, which was branded by inspectors as “inadequate”, was built in 1852 as a mixed-sex jail. It became England's first women's jail in 1902.
George Osborne is said to have announced that other Victorian prisons would be sold in order to help pay for nine new jails.
However, the Prison Governors Association (PGA), stated how they were concerned about the closure of Holloway Prison. A spokesperson said, “The PGA has not been consulted on this decision and it leaves us with some major concerns as to the capacity within the female estate.”
