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Interview quote
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Prisoner, HMP/YOI Lincoln, 2022
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…at night time when you hear the metal clinking and clanking and you hear the keys going past your door through the night and people banging on the big blue steel door with a tiny flap in the middle of it for you to see out of. It’s them noises that get you. Even when I was released from prison, I still thought about it, still thought, I’d lay there and think I’m so happy I can’t hear that metal any more.
We want to understand what these prisons are like to live and work in, and how has this changed over time. We are examining the ways that these prison buildings carry traces of the past, while operating in the present day.
The project considers how and why these buildings have survived for so long, and asks how we will know when they have reached the end of their operational lives. We consider the significance of the Victorian prison in shaping public and professional ideas of what prison should be like. Crucially, this project explores the implications of the continued operation of Victorian-era prisons for the contemporary prison service, and aims to inform policy development.