Holloway: Women Behind Bars

From baby killers and a Moors Murderer to suffragettes and even a suspected witch, this true crime documentary delves deeply into the history of the North London jail as it prepares to close after 164 years. Once Europe’s largest women’s prison, this is HMP Holloway.

A hard-hitting documentary presented by renowned criminologist and former prison governor, Professor David Wilson, Holloway: Women Behind Bars investigates the extraordinary story of the prison and profiles some of its famous female inmates.

As the documentary was being filmed, there were around 90,000 prisoners in England and Wales, but only 4,000 were women. With interviews from criminologist Dr. Elizabeth Yardley, historian Kate Williams and those who worked and served time at Holloway, Professor David Wilson investigates the history of the prison from the very beginning.