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HM Prison Pentonville

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HM Prison Pentonville is an English Category B men's prison, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. Pentonville Prison is not in Pentonville, but is located further north, on the Caledonian Road in the Barnsbury area of the London Borough of Islington, north London. In 2015 the justice secretary, Michael Gove, described Pentonville as "the most dramatic example of failure" within the prisons estate.

Pentonville Prison entrance in 2006

Pentonville prison in 1842

An isometric drawing of Pentonville prison, from an 1844 report by Joshua Jebb, Royal Engineers.

Pentonville prison, 2013

His Majesty's Prison Service

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His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) is a part of HM Prison and Probation Service, which is the part of His Majesty's Government charged with managing most of the prisons within England and Wales.

Clive House, the current head office of HM Prison Service, the same building as HM Prison and Probation Service.

Cleland House (now demolished), the former head office of HM Prison Service

Prison hulks in the River Thames

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