hepton Mallet Prison is an imposing building. Tall grey-stone walls ring its perimeter, dominating the centre of this Somerset market town – former sheep town, cloth town and, more recently, cider town. But it's not just the physical structure that casts a dark shadow. This was, until it closed in 2013, the oldest working prison in the country – and several former
Past misdemeanours
Mar 16, 2023
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