Reading Prison News Today

A historic South Carolina lunatic asylum is the center of a new film. It's called "Bull Street" and hopes to shed let on its notorious past.

A historic South Carolina lunatic asylum is the center of a new film. It's called "Bull Street" and hopes to shed let on its notorious past.

A historic South Carolina lunatic asylum is the center of a new film. It's called "Bull Street" and hopes to shed let on its notorious past.

Jason Brock, the leader of Reading council, has blasted the Ministry of Justice for presiding over a lengthy and chaotic prison sale process.

The sale of Reading Prison has finally been undertaken after years of bidding. Take a look back at the key moments of the sale process here.

Am MP who has been campaigning for years for Reading Prison to be brought into community use has reacted to the news of its sale by the MoJ.

Reading East MP says it is "great" the jail is expected to be used as an educational arts centre.

Reading Jail formally closed in January 2014 and has been empty ever since.

Their legacy includes Rachel Whiteread’s cast of a terraced house, Roger Hiorns transformation of a council flat into a blue crystal cave and Michael Landy’s destruction of all his possessions in a department store window. They discuss how the art scene has changed – and how they have contributed to that - in their 30 years at Artangel, which concluded in 2023

It’s been 10 years since the last inmates left Reading Gaol near the town centre, with millions being spent on the building being left dormant.