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A former prisoner leaves Holloway Prison, north London, at the 8 a.m. release time, March 1947. Built in 1852, HM Prison Holloway became a female-only prison in 1903. Original publication: Picture Post - 4425 - Inside Holloway Prison - pub. 13th September 1947. (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A former prisoner leaves Holloway Prison, north London, at the 8 a.m. release time, March 1947. Built in 1852, HM Prison Holloway became a female-only prison in 1903. Original publication: Picture Post - 4425 - Inside Holloway Prison - pub. 13th September 1947. (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)