Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
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Jack Sheppard: An 18th-century working class hero
How one young criminal became a working class hero by escaping London prisons four times.
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Changing London: A view from inside Pentonville Prison
From behind the walls of HMP Pentonville, these men share their views of London after the Second World War
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The Kray Twins: Notorious east London gangsters
Dangerous and famous in the Swinging Sixties
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Remember the Poor Prisoners (engraving)
Laroon, Marcellus, Overton, Henry
1705-1715
