An old 1903 photograph of a convicts work party heading out from Dartmoor prison, England. The jail was designed by Daniel Asher Alexander and built originally between 1806 and 1809 by local labour to hold prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars, it was also used to hold American prisoners from the War of was re-opened in 1851 as a civilian prison, but closed again in 1917, when it was converted into a Home Office Work Centre for certain conscientious objectors. On 24 January 1932 there was a serious prison riot. It was given a Grade II heritage listing in 1987 and is still a prison.

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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
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