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Islington press cover Plan for Holloway initiative
The latest issue of the Islington Tribune has reported on the...
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The needs of people in Islington
Holloway women’s prison in Islington, London, closed in 2016 as part of the government’s £1.3bn prison building and reform programme. Receipts from prison land sales are to be used for the...
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Community plan for Holloway in the news
The launch of our online survey on the future of the former Holloway prison site in Islington is covered in today's ...
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Holloway prison: let the community have their say!
Justice Matters: A community plan for Holloway has today launched an online survey inviting members of the public to put forward their views about the future of the former Holloway prison site in Islington....
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Islington: A local needs analysis
In this report Matt Ford presents data on a range of issues facing people in the London borough of Islington to inform the community plan for the closed Holloway prison site.
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How much does it cost to keep an old prison empty?
The Ministry of Justice spent nearly £140,000 on water, gas, electricity and other utility bills for the closed Holloway prison site, between August 2016 and February 2017, we can reveal.
The information came in a...
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More London prisons up for sale?
Last week, the Evening Standard reported that property agents, Savills, have been awarded a contract to review the possibility of closing and redeveloping London prison sites....
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What next for the Holloway prison site?
In the latest issue of Red Pepper magazine our Senior Policy Associate Rebecca Roberts writes about the closure of Holloway prison and the Centre's two year project to develop a Community Plan for the site.
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A women's building for Holloway
A Women’s Building in New York is being developed following the closure of Bayview Women’s Prison. We have a...
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Prison closures: Can the community benefit?
In 2015, the government unveiled a ‘prison building revolution‘ setting out plans to sell-off old prisons and use the receipts to cover the construction of nine new facilities.
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Community action to open the visitors’ centre in Holloway
On Saturday 18 February, approximately 40 people gathered outside Holloway Prison calling for the Ministry of Justice to open up the visitors’ centre in Holloway immediately for public use.
Local residents and organisations mobilised together to demand...