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HM Prison Holloway

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Background

HM Prison Holloway was a closed-category prison for adult women and young offenders in Holloway, London, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. Opened in 1852 as a mixed-sex prison and made female-only in 1903, it was the largest women's prison in western Europe until its closure in 2016.

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1852

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1852

Region

London Borough of Islington

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

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Practical info

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

  • Constance Bulwer-Lytton
    Constance Bulwer-Lytton
    1869–1923 · writer

    Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton (12 February 1869 – 22 May 1923), usually known as Constance Lytton, was an influential British suffragette activist, writer, speaker and campaigner for prison reform, votes for women, and birth control.

  • Charlotte Despard
    Charlotte Despard
    1844–1939 · politician

    Charlotte Despard (née French; 15 June 1844 – 10 November 1939) was an Anglo-Irish suffragist, socialist, pacifist, Sinn Féin activist, and novelist.

  • Dora Montefiore
    Dora Montefiore
    1851–1933 · women's rights activist

    Dorothy Frances Montefiore (née Fuller; 20 December 1851 – 21 December 1933), known as Dora Montefiore, was an English-Australian women's suffragist, socialist, tax resister, poet, translator and autobiographer active in Britain.

  • Violet Jones
    ?
  • Annot Robinson
    Annot Robinson
    1874–1925 · teacher

    Annot Robinson, nicknamed Annie, (née Wilkie; 8 June 1874 – 29 September 1925) was a Scottish suffragette and pacifist.

  • Erna Nelki
    1914 · secretary
  • Olive Wharry
    Olive Wharry
    1886–1947 · suffragette

    Olive Wharry (29 September 1886 – 2 October 1947) was an English artist, arsonist and suffragette, who in 1913 was imprisoned with Lilian Lenton for burning down the tea pavilion at Kew Gardens.

  • Alice Schofield
    Alice Schofield
    1881–1975 · suffragette

    Alice Schofield or Alice Schofield Coates (3 May 1881 – 19 June 1975) was a British suffragette and politician.

  • Anna Hutchinson
    ?

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World Prisons. (2026). HM Prison Holloway. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-holloway
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"HM Prison Holloway." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-holloway.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-hm-prison-holloway,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {HM Prison Holloway},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-holloway},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}