London District Cage
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Britain's Prisoner of War Interrogation Service facility used during and afrer World War II for prisoner detention, intelligence gathering, and war crimes investigation
Background
The London Cage was an MI19 prisoner-of-war facility during and after the Second World War to mainly interrogate captured Germans, including SS personnel and members of the Nazi Party. The unit, which was located within numbers 6, 7 and 8 Kensington Palace Gardens in London, was itself investigated following accusations that it often used torture to extract information. It was wound down in early 1948.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1940
Closed 1948
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1940
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Kurt Student1890–1978 · aircraft pilotKurt Arthur Benno Student (12 May 1890 â 1 July 1978) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II.
Karl Wolff1900–1984 · politicianKarl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 â 16 July 1984) was a senior German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who served as Chief of Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) and an SS liaison to Adolf Hitler during World War II.
Gottlob Berger1896–1975 · politicianGottlob Christian Berger (16 July 1896 â 5 January 1975) was a German senior Nazi official who held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS (lieutenant general) and was the chief of the SS Main Office responsible for Schutzstaffel (SS) recruiting during World War II.
- Karl Wolff1900–1984 · politician
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 â 16 July 1984) was a senior German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who served as Chief of Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) and an SS liaison to Adolf Hitler during World War II.
- Kurt Student1890–1978 · aircraft pilot
Kurt Arthur Benno Student (12 May 1890 â 1 July 1978) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- HMP WandsworthLondonHighLocal159% occupancy
- HMP FranklandDurhamMaximumLocal100% occupancy
- HMP BarlinnieGlasgowHighLocal147% occupancy
- HMP Cookham WoodKentHighLocal
- HMP PentonvilleLondonHighYOI137% occupancy
- HMP StyalWilmslowHighClosed female
Data completeness
24%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q1868900)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). London District Cage. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/london-district-cage
"London District Cage." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/london-district-cage.
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