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3 unusual facts about HM Prison Maidstone


Carol Anne Davis

It charts the journey of an isolated university student and her pen-pal, a violent inmate of Maidstone Prison.

HM Prison Maidstone

Constructed using Kentish Ragstone from a local quarry, the original design of the prison was intended to house 552 prisoners, including 62 female inmates.

Also involved in the design of Maidstone Prison was Kent architect John Whichcord Snr, who was Surveyor to the County of Kent from the 1820s.



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