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	Pentonville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pentonville is an area of London in the borough of Islington, around the Pentonville Road.
		It is not the location of HM Prison Pentonville, (affectionately known by criminals as "The Ville"), which is located in the Caledonian Road, London N7, quite a distance north in Barnsbury.
		Pentonville was part of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell, and was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury by the London Government Act 1899.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pentonville (142 words)

	Pentonville prison
		Pentonville was originally designed to hold 520 prisoners under the "separate system," each having his own cell, 13 feet long, 7 feet wide and 9 feet high.
		Pentonville became the model for British prisons and a further 54 were built to the same basic design over the next 6 years.
		Pentonville's execution facility originally consisted of a purpose built shed in one of the exercise yards and contained the gallows beam brought from Newgate.
	www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk /penton.html (5198 words)

	Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2326
		Pentonville Road, the south side, from a point 26 metres east of the party wall of 237 and 239 and 241 and 243 Pentonville Road eastward for a distance of 14 metres.
		Pentonville Road, the south side, from a point 1.5 metres west of the common boundary of 101 to 113 and 115 to 123 Pentonville Road westward for a distance of 20 metres.
		Pentonville Road, the south side, from a point 9 metres west of the common boundary of 79 and 81 and 91 and 99 Pentonville Road to a point 11 metres west of the western kerb-line of the eastern arm of Claremont Square.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1997/19972326.htm (2259 words)

	Pentonville \| British History Online
		The district of Pentonville, once a mere nameless vassal of Clerkenwell and Islington (the latter itself a comparative parvenu), received its present name from Henry Penton, Esq., member for Winchester, and a Lord of the Admiralty, who died in 1812, and on whose estate the first buildings in Penton Street were erected, according to Mr.
		The Pentonville Penitentiary was the result of a Government Commission sent over to America in 1832, to inquire into the system of isolation so much belauded on the other side of the Atlantic.
		Pentonville Chapel is built chiefly of brick, with a stone façade.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=45098 (5629 words)

	Pentonville (HM Prison) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HM Prison Pentonville is a prison built in 1842 in North London.
		Pentonville became the model for British prisons; a further 54 were built to the same basic design over the next six years, and hundreds throughout the British Empire.
		Today, Pentonville is a local prison, holding prisoners remanded by local magistrates' and crown court, and those serving short sentences or beginning longer sentences.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pentonville_(HM_Prison) (557 words)

	The 'separate system' in prisons
		Pentonville gaol was based on Bentham's plans and the régime these reflected the concept of the 'separate system'.
		In 1842 Pentonville penitentiary was completed and by 1848, fifty-four other prisons had been built on the same plan.
		An official report admitted that for every 60,000 persons imprisoned at Pentonville there were 220 cases of insanity, 210 cases of delusions, and forty suicides.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/terrace/adw03/peel/laworder/penton.htm (927 words)

	View of Pentonville Prison
		A more decided facility for the perfect classification of prisoners, and a total impossibility of any means of escape from the fact of a perpetual surveillance having been contrived to operate along the walls from every angle of the building.
		Such lithe Pentonville Prison, which, from its presenting several new principles of construction, proposed to be extended to the several county gaols in the kingdom, has been termed "The Model Prison, on the Separate System," or the perpetual separation of the prisoners from each other.
		One wing has been set apart for female prisoners, and effectually, separated from the rest of the prison, the access to it being from a side door in the entrance building, which will be in charge of the matron.
	www.victorianweb.org /victorian/periodicals/iln/11.html (647 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| 14 Pentonville prison officers suspended in corruption inquiry
		Fourteen officers at Pentonville jail in north London were suspended pending an inquiry by senior managers from other prisons in the capital.
		It concluded that while most officers operated in an honest way, a significant number were involved in corrupt practices, ranging from bringing mobile telephones and drugs into the jail, to accepting cash payments from inmates for transfers to less secure prisons.
		Pentonville is one of London's largest and oldest jails, opened in 1854 and holding mainly short-term and remanded prisoners.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/15/nprison15.xml (457 words)

	Pentonville Prison 'unfit for purpose' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Pentonville in north London was found to be "overrun by cockroaches and vermin" with inmates scared of guards and sometimes without even access to basics such as pillows and food.
		Pentonville was labelled "not fit for purpose" by the Prison Reform Trust after the inspection.
		For many people time spent in Pentonville will be a brutalising, damaging experience that does nothing to contribute to public safety.
	www.itn.co.uk /news/index_f04ea4722b299ef49550c7befd3d0371.html (328 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Prison damned as 'vermin-ridden'
		Pentonville was said to be "overrun with cockroaches and vermin" caused by leftover meals and open flour sacks in the kitchen.
		Juliet Lyon, of the Prison Reform Trust, called on the home secretary to consider closing Pentonville as it was "not fit for purpose".
		Richard, a former Pentonville inmate whose nine-month sentence for grievous bodily harm ended in 2000, recalled seeing cockroaches in the prison.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/5387464.stm (765 words)

	Pentonville prison partnership \| Community \| Guardian Unlimited
		A Pentonville prison official said alcoholic drinks were brewed on the premises.
		The Guardian has formed a coaching partnership with Pentonville Prison to help improve the running of the institution and help develop the range of services to inmates.
		Pentonville, which is based near Kings Cross, is Europe's busiest prison with 1,205 inmates and around 600 members of staff.
	www.guardian.co.uk /values/communityprojects/story/0,14333,1225293,00.html (317 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - "Vermin-infested" jail slammed
		Pentonville, one of Britain's biggest jails, is overcrowded, plagued by cockroaches and has an "unusually high" level of alleged assaults by staff, the prisons watchdog said in a damning report on Thursday.
		The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Anne Owers, said inmates at Pentonville were scared of the guards and often lacked basic items such as toothbrushes and pillows.
		In August, 14 prison officers at Pentonville were suspended as part of an investigation into allegations of "inappropriate relations" with inmates and trafficking drugs and mobile phones.
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=1435772006 (606 words)

	Victorian London - Prisons - Pentonville Prison
		The foul air is carried off, and a circulation of atmosphere maintained by means of perforated iron plates above the door of the cell, which communicate with an immense shaft...
		The Model Prison, intended to form the standard upon ·which our county gaols are hereafter to be erected, is an emanation from the collective wisdom of the inspectors of prisons, and consists of five divisions of three stories each, radiating from a common centre, and subdivided into cells that are calculated to contain 520 prisoners.
		Pentonville Prison—commonly called the Model Prison— in Caledonian-road, about 200 yards south-east of the Cattle-market.
	www.victorianlondon.org /prisons/pentonvilleprison.htm (674 words)

	HM Prison Service - Locate a Prison - Pentonville
		Pentonville Prison was the prototype for a radical design by Major Jebb - after whom the avenue on which Brixton Prison stands was named.
		Pentonville was completed 150 years ago and has remained in use ever since as a local prison.
		Reception Criteria: Normal reception arrangements: Pentonville is a local prison, it accepts all suitable prisoners from courts in its catchment area.
	www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk /prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=632,15,2,15,632,0 (160 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| London \| Prison staff in 'corruption' quiz
		The jail is to "briefly reduce" its maximum number of inmates as a result with some prisoners being moved to other London prisons, she added.
		There are currently 379 staff at Pentonville, with 139 on duty at any one time.
		Pentonville, which can hold up to 1,177 prisoners, dates back to 1842.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/london/4789967.stm (324 words)

	Cockroaches and no toothbrushes: the Pentonville report \| Society \| SocietyGuardian.co.uk
		Pentonville prison: an 'unusually high' level of alleged assaults by staff.
		Photo: John Stillwell/PA Inspectors found a long and troubling list of problems with Pentonville prison in north London when they carried out an unannounced inspection between June 7 and 16 this year.
		The building was infested with cockroaches and other vermin; half the prisoners spent the bulk of the day inside their cells; and many complained of a lack of respect from prison officers.
	society.guardian.co.uk /crimeandpunishment/story/0,,1882791,00.html (596 words)

	London Sinfonietta - Learning/Archive/Tavener in Pentonville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		‘Pentonville does not appear to have a budding Plácido Domingo or Bryn Terfel in its ranks.
		Some of Pentonville's new-found choirboys have done very bad things, and prison is meant to punish.
		I found the occasion a very highly charged and moving one, and was enormously impressed by the dedication and enthusiasm shown by the project participants.'
	www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk /educate/tavener_hmp.html (807 words)

	JOE STRUMMER
		Pentonville is at the end of Devon Place with St.Marks Church nearby.
		A Newport College of Art musician by the name of Jiving Al was living in a flat at 12 Pentonville, behind the train station, and Joe was invited to move into the spare room for the remainder of his stay in Newport.
		Although Joe knew a lot of people, he was not a great mixer, and much of his time was spent on his own, in his room.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /donwhistance/theclash/joetheearlyyears.htm (1722 words)

	Descendants of George Leare
		Lear, born 1 May 1796 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England; died 4 Mar 1861 in At Sea, Near New Zealand; buried 4 Mar 1861 in At Sea, Near New Zealand.
		Lear, born 29 Nov 1799 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England; died Est 15 Mar 1885 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England.
		Lear, born 13 Sep 1802 in Pentonville, Middlesex, England; died Jul 1859 in, Scotland.
	www.nonsenselit.org /Lear/registry.html (942 words)

	September 2006 - Pentonville prison not fit for purpose
		This report from Anne Owers of an unannounced inspection of HMP Pentonville reveals the stark reality of life in an overcrowded Victorian local prison.
		For many people time spent in Pentonville will be a brutalizing, damaging experience that does nothing to contribute to public safety.
		The Home Secretary must now decide whether Pentonville can be hauled into the twenty first century or if he should cut his losses and use this as an opportunity to sell up and divert funding into bail provision, mental health, drug and alcohol treatment and more effective community penalties for petty offenders.
	www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk /subsection.asp?id=674 (326 words)

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	The Sun Online - News: Potty Pete in Pentonville
		WAYWARD rocker Pete Doherty was banged up in jail last night after the £150,000 he needed to keep his liberty failed to arrive at court in time.
		Last night Doherty’s millionaire model lover Kate Moss, 31, was at her Cotswolds farmhouse while her boyfriend was in North London’s tough Pentonville prison.
		The 25-year-old rocker was in for a nasty shock as soon as he stepped through the gate — as a prison officer slipped on latex gloves and ordered him to strip naked and bend over.
	www.thesun.co.uk /article/0,,2-2005053562,00.html (921 words)

	Prison chaplain suspended after crack smoking admission \| 24dash.com - Communities
		The Rev Robert Pearson, 54, a Church of England chaplain at Pentonville prison, has been filmed allegedly visiting a crack den in Wood Green.
		The chain-smoking clergyman, who is said to have befriended the troubled rock singer Pete Doherty when he was held at Pentonville on drug offences, now faces the sack as well as losing his prison-owned home.
		He moved to work at Pentonville four years ago after working at Wandsworth jail in south London.
	www.24dash.com /communities/12963.htm (310 words)

	The Social Affairs Unit - Web Review: Mr Blair Goes to Pentonville: Jeremy Black considers what Blair's reputation will ...
		I was inclined to emphasise corruption of governmental processes, but Felipe went the whole hog and argued that he was personally corrupt.
		I was reminded of this in mid-April when one of the most prominent historians in the century discussed over lunch whether television viewers would see a tear-stained Cherie outside Pentonville.
		Blair won't go to Pentonville, but his failure deserves castigation and he will receive it.
	www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk /blog/archives/000891.php (1270 words)

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	LondonTown.com \| Pentonville Road Guide \| Pentonville Road London, N1, England, UK \| London Streets by Street
		Pentonville Road is located in the borough of Islington
		The nearest underground station to Pentonville Road is 'Russell Square ' which is about 17 minutes to the South West.
		On Saturdays the crowd is more mixed and every now and again you can catch an absolutely awe...
	www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/pentonville_road_c67.html (700 words)

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	Edmund/Edward APPS - Pentonville Exile
		Instructions dated 27 Jul 1844 from Lord Stanley to Governor Gipps in NSW: "He would be sending to Port Phillip prisoners who had served a term of between one and two years under special discipline in the new model prison at Pentonville.
		Another 150 of the exiles were from Pentonville Prison and the rest were from Millbank Prison.
		A total of 150 exiles arrived at Port Phillip from Pentonville Prison.
	users.ncable.net.au /~jburrell/gen/apps/apps.html (464 words)

	The Castle, 54 Pentonville Rd, Islington N1 9HF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Not immediately the best looking pub from outside, right on the noisy Pentonville Road, The Castle is, in fact, rather good.
		Inside the décor is more pub than bar, with some original features still in tact, but with a few cushions and couches giving it a more modern feeling.
		From Angel tube, turn right until you get the the junction with Pentonville Road.
	www.fancyapint.com /main_site/thepubs/pub2508.html (256 words)

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