Flash Back: Inside Story; the Times of Your Lives . . . Every Saturday in Your ECHO Tony Barrett Takes a Look Back at the History of Liverpool Prison

Byline: Tony Barrett

MENTION the name Walton to people the length and breadth of the UK and the first thing they will call to mind is Liverpool's very own prison, sited on Hornby Road. But, despite being such a wellknown establishment and a part of Merseyside life for more than 150 years, only those who have been inside Her Majesty's Prison Liverpool can truly claim to know what it is like.

With its imposing securitywalls and steel gates, Walton is as impenetrable as it is mysterious to all but those who have been detained at Her Majesty's pleasure and, of course, those who have been employed there. For the people of Walton, however, it is as much a part of theircommunity as Walton Hall Park. And for outsiders, it is almost impossible to …

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Publication information: Article title: Flash Back: Inside Story; the Times of Your Lives . . . Every Saturday in Your ECHO Tony Barrett Takes a Look Back at the History of Liverpool Prison. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England). Publication date: October 22, 2005. Page number: 29. © 2009 MGN Ltd. COPYRIGHT 2005 Gale Group.

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