Holloway (HM Prison)
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HM Prison Holloway is a women's prison in the London Borough of Islington, London, United Kingdom.
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It was opened in 1852 as a mixed prison, but due to growing demand for space for female prisoners became female-only in 1903. Prisoners included suffragettes such as Constance Markeivicz and Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington. In the 20th century, it was the site of five executions.
It was rebuilt in the 1970s, and remains in use. Confusingly, it stands at the end of a road bearing the name of another prison: Parkhurst Road.
It held Diana Mitford during World War II, and after a personal intervention from Prime Minister Winston Churchill, her husband Sir Oswald Moseley was moved there. They were released in 1943.
The British music group Bush wrote a song about the prison called Personal Holloway, on their CD Razorblade Suitcase while the band Marillion has written Holloway Girl, found on the album Seasons End.
It is also called "Holloway Castle".