HM Prison Dartmoor
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HM Prison Dartmoor is a Category C men's prison, located in Princetown, high on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. Its high granite walls dominate this area of the moor. The prison is owned by t
Dartmoor Prison from the air
HM Dartmoor Prison, as it appeared in 1815
The main gates of Dartmoor Prison host the inscription Parcere Subiectis (Trans: Spare the Vanquished) from Virgil's Aeneid.
Éamon de Valera was imprisoned at Dartmoor in 1919.
John Haigh
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John George Haigh, commonly known as the Acid Bath Murderer, was an English serial killer convicted for the murders of six people, although he claimed to have killed nine. Haigh battered to death or s
HM Prison Dartmoor
…of Britain's most serious offenders that included murderers, gangsters, thieves, spies, and robbers such as Jack “the Hat” McVitie, Jack “Spot” Comer, John George Haigh, and Frank Mitchell. Prisoners made numerous attempts to get out of the prison and onto the moors, leading to massive manhunts by the police and prison…
Police photograph of Haigh in 1949