Elizabeth Fry was accompanied by friends on her first Newgate visit in 1813 and came with provisions for the inmates, but she was horrified by the experience Prison isn’t working for women ...

Defoe was arrested and thrown in Newgate Prison. At his trial, he pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to spend three days in the pillory at the end of July, and to pay a hefty fine. While waiting for ...

She and was outraged at the conditions faced by female prisoners in London’s Newgate Prison. Fry saw hundreds of women imprisoned together in wards. Convicted criminals were mixed with those ...