Caroline Jowett

Book received from NetGalley.

This is a book on Newgate, from when they first decided to build a new prison in London to when they decommissioned it and tore it down. They go through the changes made it the prison from the poorest prisoners having to beg to get money for food and sleeping on floors with rats crawling on them. To the later eras when prisoners had to be treated well, get at least one meal with mostly clean areas to sleep and medical care. It also discusses the famous prisoners held in the prison and which of those were released, transported or hung. I enjoyed reading it, I had known about Newgate from the various history books I've read. However, I had never know more than the basics of it and the prisoners confined in it. I think this is a good book for a starting point on wanting to know more about criminal history in London.… (meer)