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King's Bench Prison
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The King's Bench Prison was a prison in Southwark, south London, England, from the Middle Ages until it closed in 1880. It took its name from the King's Bench court of law in which cases of defamation
King's Bench Prison by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson (1808–11)
King's Bench Prison by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson (1808–11)
The King's Bench Prison in 1830.
The King's Bench Prison in 1830.
The Mock Election, an 1827 painting by Benjamin Robert Haydon. The artist himself spent several terms in the jail for debt.
The Mock Election, an 1827 painting by Benjamin Robert Haydon. The artist himself spent several terms in the jail for debt.
Debtors' prison
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A debtors' prison is a prison for people who are unable to pay debt. Until the mid-19th century, debtors' prisons were a common way to deal with unpaid debt in Western Europe. Destitute people who wer
King's Bench Prison
…from the King's Bench court of law in which cases of defamation, bankruptcy and other misdemeanours were heard; as such, the prison was often used as a debtors' prison until the practice was abolished in the 1860s. In 1842, it was renamed the Queen's Bench Prison, and it became the Southwark Convict Prison in 1872…
The 18th-century debtors' prison at the Castellania in Valletta, now the offices of the Health Ministry in Malta
The 18th-century debtors' prison at the Castellania in Valletta, now the offices of the Health Ministry in Malta
Schuldturm in Nuremberg
Schuldturm in Nuremberg
A mid-Victorian depiction of the debtors' prison at St Briavels Castle
A mid-Victorian depiction of the debtors' prison at St Briavels Castle
The Ancient South Gate and the Prison, Exeter by Thomas Burnett Worth circa 1880. The work depicts the South Gate in Exeter and the city prison which
The Ancient South Gate and the Prison, Exeter by Thomas Burnett Worth circa 1880. The work depicts the South Gate in Exeter and the city prison which was demolished in 1819. A man under the archway, dressed in green coat and top hat, places something into a shoe which is suspended on string by two men from a window above. It alludes to the story about a room in the Keeper's house which came to be known as 'the shoe', according to the prison reformer