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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.

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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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