Armley Gaol - Armley Prison - HMP Leeds

HM Prison Leeds is a Category B men's prison, located at Gloucester Terrace in the Armley area of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, which opened in 1847. Leeds Prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is still known locally as Armley Gaol, the historical name for the prison
Construction of Leeds Prison (originally named Leeds Borough Gaol) was completed in 1847. Built from locally quarried stone, the prison originally had four wings radiating from a central point in a Victorian architectural style (known as 'radial') typical of the time. Each of these four wings had three landings of cells. Eventually Armley Gaol was renamed along with other prisons to make their locations more obvious to people unfamiliar with these areas.
The prison was a site of execution (by hanging) from 1847 until 1961. The final execution was that of Zsiga Pankotia, by Harry Allen for the murder of Jack Eli Myers in a house burglary in the city's affluent Roundhay district. The final execution in A block was that of 19-year-old Walter Sharpe in 1950.
The 'Castle style' entrance range of the building and the 200 metres of perimeter wall received a Grade II* heritage listing in 1976

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The castle on the hill

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I was in this jail in 1993, after the riots in wymott when wymott was normal location, only 21yrs old, what a good bunch of lad's those Yorkshire boy's were, up for it and staunch against a tough regime and bully boy screws, no toilets or televisions televisions, passing in buckets and one shower a week down the shower block, good old days, anyone who was there in the 90s will remember a day called doggy at his window every night, giving every one verbal abuse from the safety of his cell in the block 🤣🤣🤣😁👍

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Sorry about all the mistakes above, predictive texting hey 🤣🤣 and it was duggy in Leeds not doggy 😅😅

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Jeez, this gets boring, how many pics do we need to see 🤷🏻‍♂️