Wakefield Prison: The UK's Monster Mansion

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Source/Further reading:
General info:
www.gov.uk/guidance/wakefield...
www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/w...
www.doingtime.co.uk/hmp-wakef...
www.prisonphone.co.uk/prison-...
History:
www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/h...
www.scribd.com/book/363793096
archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/g...
www.prisonhistory.org/prison/...
outwoodcommunityvideo.co.uk/fa...
institutionalhistory.com/home...
menwhosaidno.org/context/cont...
www.academia.edu/5732896/Engl...
www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/...
Escapes:
api.parliament.uk/historic-ha...
www.irishtimes.com/life-and-s...
Exceptional Risk Unit and ‘The Seg’: www.whatdotheyknow.com/reques...
www.theguardian.com/commentis...
Most dangerous prisoners:
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/...
www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/ne...
www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-l...
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.u...
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.u...

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[@bigreddouchecanoe]

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[@jasonkelly7951]

A warm bath every two weeks, I can't believe prisoners in Wakey were cleaner than the locals are today. Truly amazing.

[@martinclark8162]

Harsh son, fkin harsh. True but......

[@fissavids8767]

they were truly ahead of their time

[@bensimeson9781]

As someone who grew up in Wakefield, I've never been more offended by something I 100% agree with

[@thatfunkyduck]

Oi!

[@stevelowe2647]

@@thatfunkyduck Oi saveloy

[@nh4ci295]

I'll sleep very well after being reminded that UK's most dangerous criminals are also sleeping 3 streets down

[@0xb1_]

Yo you live right next to me

[@Actual_Neanderthal]

If it makes you feel any better, those are just the ones they have caught. Your neighbour could be way worse!

[@ZaidKhan-pb3ht]

I know right, everyone in wakefield will get anxiety watching this

[@hectorgacha6054]

Like they have been for so many years with no problems but shit now you know they going to come for you so best move as they not moving them for you

[@edenbugsby5935]

Its not the fact that the monsters are in the prison in the city we live in, its that they are "rehabilitated" right outside in the community.

[@jaylynn8630]

I understand why they took those measures with Maudsley, but it's really sad to me to think that he spends the entire rest of his life locked in a single room just like he spent his entire childhood locked in a room being routinely beaten by his dad.

[@ellie99729]

I believe he is happy with it that way. As I remember watching somewhere and they mentioned he was adamant he have to be let alone as he would cause harm to others no matter what. But correct me if I’m wrong

[@djdeemz7651]

He would crumble outside of that room , imagine letting him out it would be too overwhelming for him , he is in his best place

[@mel_DeLux]

There is no sense is any of this

[@StarWarsJay]

A friend of mine (ahem) did a lengthy sentence in the 90s and remembers the name monster mansions. The very thought of ending up there made him behave. On a side note, my friend’s job while in HMP Parkhurst was “on the works”. Basically a builders mate for a specialised prison officer who’s job it was to maintain the prison. A coveted job as you went all over the jail. One of his jobs was to help refurbish a part of the prison to build a small museum. Whilst there, he got to see the cells where they kept children (long abandoned) before they got shipped to Australia. Appalling things in the basement. Four feet high, maybe five long and about four wide with no windows, toilets or anything civilised. My friend literally shivered when seeing these cells. He saw some of the old records two. One child was held at Parkhurst for eight months in one of those cells. Then deported to Australia. his crime: the theft of an apple from a stall.

[@vespelian5769]

The good old days. My Irish great, great, great, great grandfather was transported to Tasmania in 1831. Though at least he was an adult. He stole three silk handkerchiefs. Still, a generation earlier and he'd have been hanged.

[@StarWarsJay]

@@vespelian5769 Bad eh. I like to think we’ve come a long way from all of that.

[@webtoedman]

@@vespelian5769 Theft of anything over the value of five shillings was punishable by death. Courts and juries found it so distasteful that they would often find obviously guilty defendants not guilty, or the prosecution would undervalue the goods stolen at four shillings and eleven pence.

[@MsDormy]

The stuff of nightmares, SW Jay. Poor kids, it beggars belief. We have come a long way it’s true.

[@StarWarsJay]

@@MsDormy I wonder if people in a couple of hundred years will look back at our time and think it was barbaric?

[@RBEO22]

I was planning a trip to Australia and they asked if I had a criminal record. I didn't know it was still a requirement. 🤔

[@davidnolan488]

Should of asked the Aussie have you

[@firebyrd437]

😂😂😂

[@warrenreid1441]

Don’t say that at immigration. They don’t think it’s as funny as we do😂

[@katdee8328]

Wish Uk woz like that.

[@Dexy83]

😂😂😂😂

[@SinistralPainting1]

“...and let’s get back to Wakefield.” Said no-one from Yorkshire, ever.

[@alexwalker407]

Yeah, that or Huddersfield

[@SinistralPainting1]

@@alexwalker407 or Doncaster.

[@alexwalker407]

@@SinistralPainting1 don't even get me started on Bradford dude

[@SinistralPainting1]

@@alexwalker407 so basically; York, Sheffield and Leeds are okay!

[@alexwalker407]

@@SinistralPainting1 Haha, yeah basically dude!

[@theodorosofpyrokos2450]

I used to see this prison every day when I went to college. Mad to think how many psychopaths were just over the other side of the train station.

[@jimaforwood743]

There are more down the road in a place called Westminster

[@seanblackhurst7844]

@@jimaforwood743 a few up the road in hollyrood and some in sheepland for good measure... basically all politicians are freaking nuts

[@coreytaylor447]

child rapists make a good case for having a the death penalty

[@24934637]

@@seanblackhurst7844 The problem isn't that they are nuts, the problem is that the majority come from a massively privileged background compared to the rest of the UK population, and that they mainly get into politics just to screw as much from the system as they can. Not insane, just selfish calculating bastards.

[@seanblackhurst7844]

@@24934637 hard to disagree, I'll give the Tories one thing though, at least they are honest about wanting to screw you

[@StefanMedici]

We need a biographics on Robert Maudsley. There's got to be so much more to this story.

[@janew2108]

Sounds like he may deserve a hell of a lot better than he got in life. Poor bloke.

[@moggie22]

You have no idea about his history. I have. Don't go there

[@teijaflink2226]

I was very surprised that he's been in solitary confinement for 40 years in UK, that sounds like torture and unethical even to keep a murderer like that. So he must be extremely dangerous because I haven't heard of this happening to other murderers in UK. Not that I care what happens to murderers but seems he mostly killed pedophiles and child abusers.

[@teijaflink2226]

So not going to lie I sort of feel bad for him but I probably will chance mind if I look up more about him, like there must be something absolutely horrific about him.

[@JayJay-gk6cr]

@@teijaflink2226 he isn’t dangerous he just hates child abusers… difference is he shows his dislike for them instead of moaning on the internet. He has more morals than 90% of today’s society.

[@jordanpitts1257]

I am from Wakefield. I know some people who are steel fabricators. They told me once they had been in the prison that day because an inmate (they didn’t name) had managed to move a steel cage they had made for him. It weighed many tonnes, they had to dismantle it to move it back in place - this time bolting it in place. Apparently he ran at the cage all day and night every night.

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

Ha I don't know who I feel sorry more : The inmate (s) or the fact that your from Wakefield :-P

[@jamesoakley4570]

@@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM im from Wakefield, its a mess

[@CHICKENS4LIFE]

@@jamesoakley4570 I’m from Dewsbury. Not nice

[@andrewcairnsmrkiplin]

@@jamesoakley4570 sure is from wakefield too ha

[@MrRyangrrr]

@@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM I should be offended, but I can’t be when you’re not even wrong 😭

[@elgenerico5453]

Wakefield itself is a prison Source: I'm stuck in that shithole

[@mickt3390]

The pie shop .just up the road is a good place lol. Gotta love the pie shop

[@mollyfairhurst7959]

@@mickt3390 the pie shop is a highlight of a night out

[@mickt3390]

I'm waiting for lockdown to end. So I can turn up half cut at 3am grab a meat and tater pie with gravy . and wake up coverd in puke and piss on a bench on the bottom of westgate ..before hitting primark sales getting changed in the bus station loo before hitting greggs

[@user-ey7sv6ur7d]

Me 2

[@sglenny001]

Laughs in Doncaster (French Canadian who lives in U.K.)

[@SlaaneshiChaplain]

"You will see the bloodiest headlines in the papers the next day." "Don't come to school tomorrow."

[@chrisdavid735]

Let the man have a pet bird for Funk's sake.

[@StarWarsJay]

And a medal for public service.

[@emmajanewatts4388]

I agree, let him have a little friend.

[@thefrecklepuny]

But he may eat it. As Grouty admitted he did to Fletcher.

[@StarWarsJay]

@@thefrecklepuny lmao

[@emmajanewatts4388]

@@thefrecklepuny seriously

[@zmanjace1364]

You should do a biographics on Charles Bronson. The actor and the convict.

[@warfarelover1]

No he shouldn't

[@bookwormaddict3933]

Charles Bronson was an awesome actor

[@stevenmorley1639]

His real name is Michael Peterson

[@hello7533]

But randomly swap between the 2. Like do charles bronson (murderer) childhood then charles bronson (actor) teenage years etc. Just to mess with people. 🤷‍♂️🤔😂

[@cliffdunlop8891]

A bit late for that. He's now Charles Salvador.

[@sarahburke5839]

I absolutely love how i can watch one vid of you standing and screaming then click on another vid and you are sitting down so quiet and serious... Legend!!

[@MolloyPolloy]

Idea for geograpphics: Lambay Island off Dublin where there's a wild colony of wallabies living on it.

[@vespelian5769]

There's a colony in the English Peak District.

[@bigdicky6634]

What are wallabies

[@nicklager1666]

@@bigdicky6634 a small species of kangaroo.

[@ElloLoJo]

How have I only learned this now

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

Wallabies? Wild? In Ireland? From..Puzzled, in Australia.

[@thebossman9176]

Geographics, Biographics, Mega Projects and Highlight History - coming all at the same time. Guess I know what I'll be doing with my afternoon. Good stuff.

[@slightretalliation6312]

Today I Learnt

[@Vanished_Mostly]

Acid?

[@TheKeithvidz]

Alerted me to Highlight History - subbed.

[@thebossman9176]

@@TheKeithvidz great!

[@TheKeithvidz]

@@thebossman9176 i love knowledge!!!

[@roy5k2]

I live literally 5 mins away from wakefield prison. It's always so quiet whenever I walk past which is pretty eerie

[@LozBK]

Same, i live near the premier and have to walk past every day, waaay too quiet

[@dillydally6277]

Don't be waving at any windows 😄

[@jacobandrew4168]

RIP Pie shop

[@LozBK]

@MAC haha :D of course not, just even a little noise or some kind of talking, i haven't even heard the dogs bark

[@SpyroTheGoth]

I know someone who lives within a few minutes of a walk there, the prisoners are sometimes heard talking with each other from the outside. There's also a street next to one of the back ends and there are a lot of assaults there, no correlation with each other

[@wrecklessintent1982]

Awesome video! ♡ you should do more prison videos. Especially other counties.

[@BradleyVanTreese]

Seriously great content, Simon. Thank you.

[@andycarr8436]

I work down the road from Wakefield prison. Always fun when the prison patrol comes down the road telling people to get out the way of the prison transport 30 seconds down the road.

[@orcshire_tea]

You should do a video on another Wakefield Institution, the legendary Wakefield Pie Shop. Only Wakefield Natives will know what I mean, but for those of you who don't, it's the perfect way for a northern night out to end. After a skin full of booze you can go and get a slice (a paving slab to be more accurate) of a selection of savoury pies, gravy, grated cheese and chips!

[@lyndonduke]

The pie shop is up for sale!!

[@victoriafahey4644]

this deserves to be the top comment

[@jamieo2147]

Unfortunately lockdown has killed the Wakey pie shop. I hope someone buys it as a going concern.

[@davidhayward119]

I used to work at Wakefield College, there was a butchers in town that did hot lamb rolls (or baps, can't remember the wording), and you got a choice of butter or dripping for spread. Bloody delicious, mind.

[@callumsmith8263]

Can’t beat going to Pie shop after a night out

[@duanedibley1455]

My home town. Home to Black Lace and my beloved Wakefield Trinity, although Black Lace was probably a bigger inhumanity to man than the prison.

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

*SUPERMAN!!!*

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Duane Dibley...? *DUANE DIBLEY...?!?!*

[@duanedibley1455]

Holding my thermos and my triple strength condom as I type (you never know...)

[@OneiLean]

‘We’re aving a gangbang, we’re aving a ball’ 🎶

[@seanblackhurst7844]

I've got strangeways about 500 metres away from my apartment, not as bad as Wakefield but still not massively pleasent

[@matvasammaqsood236]

Love your videos Simon keep it up bro 💯

[@ianentwistle5052]

Good one Simon as always. Now, how about a Biographics on Robert Maudsley?

[@legoqueen2445]

He has recently done a Casual Criminalisr on Maudsley, it goes for over an hour.

[@ernestweaver1153]

My Dear Mother did some awful crap to me when I was a child but I never took it out on anyone else. Thank God. However, I did go through a lot of hell and many, many year's of therapy. I am so glad that I ran away from home at the age of twelve and never looked back. God knows where I would be if I would have stayed.

[@rhijulbec1]

I'm sorry that happened to you. I'm glad you took steps not to be like them, no matter what awaited you away from the home couldn't have been any worse than what you suffered at the hands of supposed protectors and loved ones. Damn.

[@ColtraneAndRain]

I understand. I left home at 17. Thank God I turned out ok. Some people have strong guardian angels.

[@jackmason4374]

Know what your saying never understood why people make a fuss over Mother’s Day , I got out at 14 .

[@carolflower8015]

So sad that you have never known a mothers love

[@bobharold86]

Left home 3-11-72, just turned 12 on 3-7-72. Turned 61 a few weeks back. Never went back. Had no desire for nothing. Don't look back, life is ahead of you. Good luck.

[@K1ddkanuck]

SHAY-mus Murphy. C'mon Simon, even you must have known that one! ;)

[@amarsha4]

Yeah also BARK-shire not BERK-shire. I had to google this guy as I was convinced he was just pretending to be British.

[@andypants1000]

Maybe hes not british, but english?

[@zeddyfin]

Barnsley Barnsley

[@TheMightyKinkle]

@@amarsha4 Yeah, his mispronunciations are annoying

[@siliconjim2554]

andypants1000 Berkshire is in England. He may just be a bit of a berk.

[@josephgreen2991]

Could I make a suggestion for a future giographic video on Sealand UK the micro nation off the coast of Sussex please, always wondered how it came to be and how its holding up today? Come on Simon make it happen!! Lol

[@turdferguson7264]

I think Simon has done Sealand on one of his other channels.

[@andrewharper1609]

Sealand was built during the second world war as a gun platform to shoot down Nazi planes at the mouth of the Thames estuary. There was some chap who was dissatisfied with his life and decided to cede from the UK. He was eventually evicted from the platform and there's a documentary on KZbin of someone visiting the platform relatively recently.

[@tomhorsley4241]

Would love for you to do a video on Broadmoor, so much history there!

[@k.stewart007]

I used to visit this prison regularly. Used to have to go over segregated part of visits. Used to walk past the mulberry Bush on the way. Loved hearing about the history of the place. Received a wave from Charlie Bronson at the window as we was walking through.

[@a_s2557]

Why did you visit? Who were you visiting in prison?

[@k.stewart007]

My brother

[@finnster321]

That's really interesting

[@tristangraham2326]

Thank you for all your wonderful content, very broad and awesome work on camera

[@paulscottpadgett1996]

Absolutely Stunning Work.

[@coltonrose5916]

VIDEO SERIES IDEA: would love to see a historical account of the kingdoms and rulers of each geographical area from the earliest human settlements to present day. Its interesting to see the progression of society in different geographical areas

[@joeantrobus2118]

Used to regularly drive past here as a kid, and only realised moving away recently, they type of prison it was.

[@y_not]

Fantastic video, thank you for the historical context

[@maryannfascetti6421]

How fascinating this story was. Thank you for sharing.

[@El1989_]

Sometimes I forget what channel I'm watching because I'm so used to seeing Simon on at least 4 I'm subscribed to.

[@fay-amieaspen6046]

I'd love to see more Prison videos Simon.

[@bobwakefield7875]

"Wakefield House of Corrections"... sounds a lot like my house growing up lol

[@flyin4352]

The comparison between Robert Mausley and Harold Shipman is the perfect way to describe Britain's 'justice' system. Robert murdered 4 people, criminals and child abusers. Harold enjoyed murdering hundreds of innocents, but Robert got the harsher sentence. It literally makes no sense.

[@angr3819]

Robert Maudsley; why haven't they ever simply segregated perverts from him from day one? They have segregated them from other prisoners for decades since. So why didn't they and why even now don't they? They want a excuse to keep him incommunicado! Why???! What might he say if he speaks to people freely enough?! What is the betting that at least one of the perverts who had raped Robert Maudsley was someone in a position of power and great wealth? Isolating him that way was to keep him from identifying them! If that weren't so then why are they keeping him in isolation when he is near 70 years old? An old old man. Only allowed a cardboard table and cardboard chair? No reason to keep him locked up, incommunicado and determinedly destroy him as a human being that way other than to stop him identifying who his rapists are and possibly that he also got one who among the 'elite' (if he did kill an elite perv chances are they would have lied and said it was a heart attack, but they would have wanted to punish him for killing one of theirs). One wonders if it was coincidence that he was put in Broadmoor during the years that Savile and his mates ran the place. He has never been able to say and never will be allowed to tell if he knows anything about them. Why not? Why have they entombed him alive - in bullet proof glass? He is 68, almost certainly with much muscle waste and incapable of real violence. They could have put him in a high or medium secure mental and prescribed him medication which would calm him down and make him as weak as a kitten. They did this as cruel and extraordinary punishment for something he did to someone who was a VIP among the 'elite' or for something he knew. There were no reports of him being a threat in Parkhurst. Yet after he reportedly confided something in a psychiatrist, they did this to him! What did he tell the psychiatrist that made them decide to ensure he would always be incommunicado except for rare family visits under strict supervision? They could have suicided him, arranged for him to become fatally ill or have an accident. No. They want to torture him for the rest of his life - and not for only 4 nonentity nonces. Bullet proof glass? Underground? With guards? That's to psychologically torture!

[@annfromma8456]

Have you done a Geographics on Siam/Thailand? I'll check but if not, I think it would be very interesting to see the history of the country.

[@demekagamine]

Tfw you come to this right after watching the newest Business Blaze video. The duality is real.

[@NewingtonBoy]

As always! Very interesting!

[@mak3r49]

Ive been waiting for this!!

[@annegerstmann3029]

Are there any plans to cover Robert Maudsley in a Biographics video? Or is one up already and I'm just blind?

[@deemariedubois4916]

Isolated confinement might not be the best thing for a dangerous prisoner, a murderer of many people, but it is the best thing for the guards and other prisoners keeping them safe from the man. I wish prisons weren’t necessary, I wish Super Max prisons weren’t necessary but they are. Keeping people who are just going about their lives SAFE, keeping prison guards safe, and even keeping inmates safe, supersedes the mental health concerns of cold blooded killers.

[@oldleatherhandsfriends4053]

It's redicoulos that to society that criminals are viewed as Animals/monsters out murdering and raping, but once locked in a cell they become prescious human beings with emotions and feelings.

[@robertwhite3503]

I don't think they got rid of solitary confinement for the benefit of the prisoners. If you make people crazy you get crazy people. Someone that is intelligent, filled with hatred and has nothing to live for, can be quite dangerous. You might imagine you can wear armour or implement distancing, but any failure in these could have bad consequences. Treating people humanely leaves you with humans.

[@corinacerbu8266]

I have no pity for monsters. May they continue to rot.

[@semaj_5022]

I only think the punishment should match the crime. Nothing more and nothing less.

[@dennismitchell5414]

Great content as usual Simon , I've never failed to learn from your various channels and videos , Keep up the great work and stay safe .

[@foxpop5969]

Amazing video I’m subbing

[@nigelyorkshiremanwadeley6263]

My uncle used to be a warden at Wakefield. I should ask him if he's got any stories he can tell...

[@jimmys2338]

Tell your uncle to do an interview on Lockdown 23&1 , I would love to hear stories from his point of view.

[@ryanwhiston9404]

Of course his could tell you the shit that happened but probably won't haha

[@tommy55042]

Used to skate the train station car park at night just next to it and get to look into the cells and see the prisoner's, and also at times hear them screaming...

[@samwalkee6268]

The wreck what a spot

[@msshannonigans]

Simon's channels are the only channels I don't get irritated at the ads. And I'm not just talking his ads. The random video cuts do not bother me because I love his videos so much. Just felt the need to share that. 🖖🏼

[@Dan19870]

So much material for the Casual Criminalist and Biographic's.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:00 - Chapter 1 - Incredible hulks 4:15 - Chapter 2 - Here we go , round the prison yard 8:25 - Chapter 3 - A matter of conscience 10:40 - Mid roll ads 12:10 - Chapter 4 - A dowry less bride 14:55 - Chapter 5 - Monster Mansion

[@jintie]

there’s midrolls between each ‘chapter’ and a sponsorship in the middle but okay

[@thephantominsider5376]

As a Wakefield native who lives in the shadow of the prison walls, I can say I have never heard it referred to as "The Monster Mansion" by residents of the city itself. That's not to say it isn't at all, but I've found mostly people who don't live there that call it that. But there are some truly evil people locked up in there, so I'm not surprised it got that name! Good video!

[@TheJimc101]

Same here, go past it almost every day, did see the wedding party (bride , not CS) mentioned in the vid, but didn't realise what it was till I got home

[@jordanpitts1257]

Neither have I. Just Wakey Prison or The Prison.

[@carldimmock]

I live in Wakefield and I've heard it called the monster mansion, mostly wakey prison though.

[@CatCream]

I'm from Leeds and my dad mentioned "the monster mansion" just today 😅

[@alexobrien4622]

ive spent alot of time in prison, never Wakefield. But inmates mainly know it as Monster Mansion. Over 20 years ive heard it called that inside. Absolutly no one wants to go there, as you are on the same wing as sickos and nonces in there. To many off them to do anything about. Id never come out of my cell in that place , lol

[@stoneagepig3768]

Thanks for this I'm a local and nice to learn more about the prison.

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@davidhayward119]

Used to support the IT in Wakey prison (as part of Wakefield College). Hated having to go in. I was once locked in for a few hours when they had a population miscount. Thankfully, I wasn't with the locals, just a load of intimidating screws.

[@marklindley4284]

This Prison is about a mile from my house, I've often wanderd who's behind that huge wall, of course I've read many stories who's in there but never knew it's history.

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@clarabenton]

Great video. Thank you.

[@dillydally6277]

Me and my girls before Corona ,at the club guarding our bags 5:07 😄

[@aragos32727]

Beautiful city in the most beautiful part of the UK! I miss living in Yorkshire

[@tomhartley2105]

i live in wakey and theres a multistory car park across from the prison, if you go upto the roof you can see into all the cells kinda crazy to think so many nutters are living 2 mins from you but cool at the same time. hope one day it opens as a museum.

[@ticktock22]

Wakefield has held so many over the years. My mums friend who is a solicitor visits one of the current inmates and will not say who it is. She’s braver than me. She said when Bronson was last in he was a gem & such a gentleman

[@dabsafe]

Great grandfather served time in Wakefield in the 1880s.

[@PoorAnnunciation]

You almost feel bad for the guy who was abused by his father who only cracks when he learns they are pedophiles/abusers. I'm not advocating murder but I can't help but feel sad about the entire situation

[@angr3819]

Robert Maudsley; why haven't they ever simply segregated perverts from him from day one? They have segregated them from other prisoners for decades since. So why didn't they and why even now don't they? They want a excuse to keep him incommunicado! Why???! What might he say if he speaks to people freely enough?! What is the betting that at least one of the perverts who had raped Robert Maudsley was someone in a position of power and great wealth? Isolating him that way was to keep him from identifying them! If that weren't so then why are they keeping him in isolation when he is near 70 years old? An old old man. Only allowed a cardboard table and cardboard chair? No reason to keep him locked up, incommunicado and determinedly destroy him as a human being that way other than to stop him identifying who his rapists are and possibly that he also got one who among the 'elite' (if he did kill an elite perv chances are they would have lied and said it was a heart attack, but they would have wanted to punish him for killing one of theirs). One wonders if it was coincidence that he was put in Broadmoor during the years that Savile and his mates ran the place. He has never been able to say and never will be allowed to tell if he knows anything about them. Why not? Why have they entombed him alive - in bullet proof glass? He is 68, almost certainly with much muscle waste and incapable of real violence. They could have put him in a high or medium secure mental and prescribed him medication which would calm him down and make him as weak as a kitten. They did this as cruel and extraordinary punishment for something he did to someone who was a VIP among the 'elite' or for something he knew. There were no reports of him being a threat in Parkhurst. Yet after he reportedly confided something in a psychiatrist, they did this to him! What did he tell the psychiatrist that made them decide to ensure he would always be incommunicado except for rare family visits under strict supervision? They could have suicided him, arranged for him to become fatally ill or have an accident. No. They want to torture him for the rest of his life - and not for only 4 nonentity nonces. Bullet proof glass? Underground? With guards? That's to psychologically torture.

[@pipopt]

Can you please do a video about ancient human constructions, particularly Ram Setu? Just noticed that is 7000 years old and it was the first time I heard about it. There must be other interesting places with tons of history to explore 😀

[@skippycampbell3782]

Wakefield prison is in west yorkshire.I used to stay near the prison,in fact 2 streets away.

[@micktaylor8599]

I've done quite a lot of reading on Robert Maudsley and its quite a tragic story his life. Regardless of what he's done I don't condone keeping him locked in a glass cage with no human interaction other than the screws that take care of him.

[@christopherclemson1278]

I agree. His case needs reviewing, so many worse cases in general population wings and he's locked up in a basement

[@Flakjacket96]

Yea and its not like he was killing upstanding individuals or just your average prisoners, they were all child abusers and molesters from what I can tell and while I dont support vigilante justice we can all agree killing someone like that is way different from killing some guy you are robbing.

[@MoosicDude]

@@Flakjacket96 This is what I've read also. He's a victim of child abuse experiencing the exact method of deprivation that messed him up in the first place. How is that helpful? Surely the original name "House of Correction" infers some hope in helping these people better themselves.

[@pink_alligator]

He really doesn't deserve the treatment he gets, he's never been a danger to anything but sex offenders yet he's treated worse and with less leniency than any of them will/would ever face it's so tragic

[@toker6664]

At his level if he was in a normal cat A he would be surrounded by pedos, sadly however you see it the government has a duty to everyones safety they cant allow a proven killer to intermingle

[@sabrinadavis8355]

Loved it! Am surprised you haven't covered Marquis de Sade.

[@rachelhignett9473]

Or Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.

[@DenethordeSade.90]

He has, on biographics

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

@@DenethordeSade.90 No, that was Marquis de La Fayette

[@DenethordeSade.90]

@@j.a.weishaupt1748 so it was, although I was sure I had seen a Simon video on him

[@jaymethodus3421]

Random af, but your sound mixing is excellent. If I had to guess, I'd say your editor is overlapping the trailing ambient echo of the room at the end of cuts, right on top of the beginning of other cuts. The ambient echo of the room filtered through a quality mic with vox eq settings actually aids the listening experience by creating a more natural sound quality, and reduces "dead air" moments(which are obvious and off putting).

[@jordanlavers3332]

Australian colonies weren’t just convict dumping grounds… maybe in the east coast. Swan River colony (where I’m from) eventually agreed to have convicts after the colony started to fail. But hey, the convicts built the town hall (still standing today) and it’s very nice.

[@skwervin1]

I used to live in the flat next door to a guard from Pentridge Prison in Victoria (where they used to send the really baaaaaad people and was also where they were hung and buried) who worked in "H"Division - the solitary confinement, super bad section. He told me you would unlock a door, go through, turn and lock it behind you before going to the next door and so on. He told me that in one day he unlocked and relocked over 220 doors. And that you NEVER turn your back on the inmates. He seemed a pretty nice guy, quiet on the whole and friendly but not overly friendly if you get my meaning. I once saw him angry when one weekend I had to repair something on my car and I was banging away with a hammer while my boyfriend was using an angle grinder to cut something when he came steaming out of his place - I hadn't realised he was asleep and I had woken him up! One day I went to work as he was coming home (he worked night shift mainly) and I never saw or heard of him again. About 2 weeks later I had cops knock on my front door asking if I had seen him. I told them I thought he must have been on holidays or something because I hadn't seen him or heard him leave for work etc for nearly 2 weeks and gave them the date I had last seen him. I remember it was a Friday and I was going to my parents that evening straight from work. They ended up breaking down his door and going through the place. I never heard anything more. About a year later they started closing off sections of the "Bluestone College" as it was known and now a part of it has been turned into apartments and a wine storage.

[@a_s2557]

Omg, I take it googling his full name doesn’t reveal anything? Now I really want to know why or how he disappeared

[@skwervin1]

I can only remember his first name, his surname I think I only heard once and it was quite convoluted as he was Lebanese I think. I did try looking into missing police or corrections officers but this was in 91 or 92 and I didn't have much success.

[@legoqueen2445]

The renovation of Pentridge is quite lovely, the apartments and shopping centre is really nice. Bit weird when you consider its a prison site.

[@redwards5000]

My shock when I see a geographics video on MY HOMETOWN 😱😱😱

[@robertharriman7267]

Always amazed by its proximity to the train station.

[@amandajones661]

In the 70s, in the US, my dad taught woodworking and welding to prisoners. He loved that job so much.

[@jonah463]

Suggestion : broadmoor

[@lyndonduke]

Ah this makes me proud of my home town :D

[@andrewstones2921]

A very detailed and interesting video. I think the explanation of dispersal prisons may not be entirely accurate though, whilst some do indeed house category A prisoners that’s not what makes them dispersal. The Dispersal system was designed to take long term prisoners out of the regular prison estate typically for 5 year periods, a dispersal prison typically never releases anyone to the outside world, only transfers to other prisons and as such the prisoners in dispersal prisons are not surrounded with short termed. Many dispersal prisons have a much quieter and more relaxed atmosphere than many regular prisons. Typically a normal life sentence prisoner would be moved to a dispersal prison within a couple of years of sentence after spending the first 2 years in a lifer allocation unit, the after approx 5 years would be moved to another as it’s considered bad for security for any prisoner to spend more than 5 years in the same prison. After 2 stints in dispersal many lifers would be recatlegorised and moved to lower security prisons alongside short term prisoners to start the process of getting ready for parole hearings, eventually moving to open prison before release to a hostel. The regime in dispersal prisons revolve around passing time quickly and ideally learning some new skills. A great number of long term prisoners get degrees and valuable training in dispersal and whilst the prison killers and extreme prisoners get all the press, the vast majority in dispersal are just regular people who made a mistake and are keen to move on. Unlike regular prisons that tend to have a high percentage of repeat offenders. Famous dispersal prisons include Wakefield and Longlartin and others, these are prisons that anybody sentenced to less than 7 years would almost never see the inside of.

[@user-rw6tf4sh3l]

Would love to hear about Broadmoor!

[@mrivantchernegovski3869]

Britain exported that prison model through out its empire along with the court designs,We have the old Mount Eden Prison made in the late 1800s along with the great Gothic High court made around the same time here in Auckland ,New Zealand .

[@myfriendisapotato]

Yes! Great comment, I was just going to say this

[@Linebecken]

White Rose, White Rose, White Rose, White Rose. YORKSHIRE, YORKSHIRE.

[@juistoscrazygames137]

Great video, can you do one on the Portland Shanghai tunnels please?

[@captinsano585]

Hey Simon would you be willing to make a video on Jupiter? Loved the one on Pluto and pretty much every video between every different channel you have but especially when it’s to do with outer space. Just a thought 🤷🏻‍♂️.

[@charlottemarney267]

When people ask what your hometown is famous for 🤭

[@adamshafi4659]

Good old shakey Wakey!

[@adamshafi4659]

@Darsh we both live in Wakefield

[@sallyhurst4273]

I live here too and we are famous for rhubarb..fking rhubarb! and the prison!!! Hardly the cotswolds of the north is it?!! x

[@tedwarden5803]

@@sallyhurst4273. There’s a great pie shop just over the road from the Art House.

[@tedwarden5803]

@@sallyhurst4273. I like rhubarb by the way :-)

[@Josway37]

Have you covered the true story behind the Mutiny on the Bounty (on one of your 37 conceptually overlapping channels) yet

[@johnrogers5304]

wow great one bud !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@plebpunk]

I think you excelled your usual high with this video Simon

[@jonpato]

I feel bad for Hannibal. In spite of his upbringing he did nothing but good works and the thanks he get is life in solitary.

[@swampk9]

Mr Maudsley I salute you, and I hope you find peace.

[@xKinjax]

Exactly. He was just a deranged victim of an abuser who took it upon himself to punish other abusers. He could have done much worse.

[@garrick3727]

I do feel somewhat sorry for the guy. 3 of his 4 victims were child molesters. The problem is, the 4th wasn't, and this shows that Maudsley is likely to kill anyone he can, given the chance. He asked to be allowed to commit suicide. His cell is set up in a way to prevent him from harming others or himself. I think it is inhumane to keep people locked up for 40 years. I do not like the death penalty because there is too much chance of an innocent person being executed, but if a prisoner actually wants to die then I see no reason to artificially keep them alive.

[@onlyme9254]

Give Robert a ps5 that should perk him up a bit also free Charlie b he never murdered or raped anyone!

[@garrick3727]

@@onlyme9254 Yeah it's weird that Charlie has been mostly in prison for almost 50 years, and his only non-prison crimes were an armed robbery and a later robbery - neither of which involved people getting injured. He's never killed anyone. Most murderers get less than 50 years.

[@Puca_Patchworks]

I mean, is the last guy so bad? He killed pedophiles and abusers?

[@spamstabber]

There's no guarantee it would stay that way. There's no reason to put the staff at any extra risk for one unpredictable nutter.

[@TheRougeSky]

Yes, there were Pedophiles and Abusers who were already being punished. Its not like this he was hitting the streets and swooping in and taken these guys out while they committing their respective acts. He attacked these men most likely because they reminded him of his father, which basically means anyone who he sees a bit of his father in is potentially fair game even if they aren't pedos or abusers. Abusers and pedophiles aren't born they are made, the difference between him and his victims is he never took things a fully sexual degenerate angle and he made sure his attacks where brutal and fatal so his victims wouldn't worry about him coming back for seconds. So yes he is bad, perhaps not in the purely malicious sense but bad all the same.

[@elaineagar6128]

This is in my hometown. You can see the big doors but you don't get a feel how huge it is . And when there's a prisoner transfer its all police cars prisoner van blazing . It's quite exciting ☺

[@ashde-val1787]

Could do a separate article on the Pierpoints?

[@LambentLark]

2:28. Comparing the privately run prisons of today with those of the 18th century is like complaining about a paper cut to a guy bleeding out from an amputated leg.

[@martinclark8162]

Lambent, dude you're a poet, Shakesfuckinpeare his-self would pay to use that analogy. Let me know when your first book comes out.

[@elaineagar6128]

This prison in the middle of my home town . So no knocking it were a small town centre with some amazing architecture . We've country side all around us . We have a ruin of a castle. . Some lovely lakes. So don't mock unless you have seen what we have outside the town .

[@jacko250]

You should do Geographics videos on: Alcatraz Bastille Chateau d’If Devil’s Island Elmina Castle Goree Island Hoa Lo Prison Old Melbourne Gaol Robber Island Spandau Prison Tuol Sleng

[@dismar0]

I just found this channel! freakin love it! I can listen to Simon talk all day lol

[@stevendee6800]

Ha I used to pass wakefield prison everyday! When travel wasn’t punishable by death

[@Bouldah]

Almost any jail I've seen outside of the US looks like a daycare

[@crabtrap]

look at some Russian prisons

[@prescott1960]

Have to say you're the best!

[@yorkshireman6650]

Great video on Wakefield prison I live near it myself 😎😎