Prison life museum opens

Title

Prison life museum opens

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

1 Oct 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:04:41

Description

The Governors of Pentonville and Holloway Prisons have opened the House of Detention underground in Clerkenwell, a museum about prison life in times past. Includes on the museum and prison life then and now Tim O’Sullivan, Governor of Holloway Prison (opening speech); interviews with Bill Abbot, Governor of Pentonville and Dennis Avis, museum coordinator. Also extract of the audio guide to the museum. Report by Ian Fenn from the opening.

Contributors

Ian Fenn; Tim O’Sullivan; Bill Abbott; Dennis Avis

Keywords

London; Prisons; History; Museums; Prisoners; Clerkenwell; House of Detention

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