![Drugs, filth, not enough guards': Ministers told to consider closing Pentonville prison | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard Drugs, filth, not enough guards': Ministers told to consider closing Pentonville prison | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard](https://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/02/18/09/pnt.jpg?width=968&auto=webp&quality=50&crop=968%3A645%2Csmart)
Drugs, filth, not enough guards': Ministers told to consider closing Pentonville prison | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
![Pentonville prison's future in doubt after highly critical inspection report | Prisons and probation | The Guardian Pentonville prison's future in doubt after highly critical inspection report | Prisons and probation | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/2/18/1392712771471/HMP-Pentonville-009.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctYWdlLTIwMTQucG5n&enable=upscale&s=7cf4893774b17148052be65c0275afc5)
Pentonville prison's future in doubt after highly critical inspection report | Prisons and probation | The Guardian
![Pentonville stabbing: death prompts call for inquiry into state of jails in England and Wales | UK news | The Guardian Pentonville stabbing: death prompts call for inquiry into state of jails in England and Wales | UK news | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/61640ebe03defa45918ef90ee166f7c1d3061c90/0_10_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=8a2b4a30e82d217b5b8d0a8e21f03aaa)
Pentonville stabbing: death prompts call for inquiry into state of jails in England and Wales | UK news | The Guardian
![Pictured: Disgusting conditions inside Pentonville prison where two inmates escaped using dummies - Mirror Online Pictured: Disgusting conditions inside Pentonville prison where two inmates escaped using dummies - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article9215775.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/PAY-Conditions-uncovered-during-an-inspection-of-HMP-Pentonville.jpg)
Pictured: Disgusting conditions inside Pentonville prison where two inmates escaped using dummies - Mirror Online
![Pentonville Prison: "A decrepit Victorian vermin-infested crumbing jail - Charles Dickens wrote books about prisons like this." - THE PRISON ORACLE Pentonville Prison: "A decrepit Victorian vermin-infested crumbing jail - Charles Dickens wrote books about prisons like this." - THE PRISON ORACLE](https://prisons.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/pentonvillecollage.jpg)
Pentonville Prison: "A decrepit Victorian vermin-infested crumbing jail - Charles Dickens wrote books about prisons like this." - THE PRISON ORACLE
![Exterior of HM Prison Pentonville, an English Category B prison, operated by HM Prison Service, on the Caledonian Road, Islington, London, UK Stock Photo - Alamy Exterior of HM Prison Pentonville, an English Category B prison, operated by HM Prison Service, on the Caledonian Road, Islington, London, UK Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2BD6H2E/exterior-of-hm-prison-pentonville-an-english-category-b-prison-operated-by-hm-prison-service-on-the-caledonian-road-islington-london-uk-2BD6H2E.jpg)
Exterior of HM Prison Pentonville, an English Category B prison, operated by HM Prison Service, on the Caledonian Road, Islington, London, UK Stock Photo - Alamy
![Pentonville prison: Plot to smuggle package into jail is foiled as pink ropes seen dangling over wall | Islington Gazette Pentonville prison: Plot to smuggle package into jail is foiled as pink ropes seen dangling over wall | Islington Gazette](https://images.cm.archant.co.uk/resource/blob/3767628/5463a84f36d425115c47dd0491b8582f/pentonvillecollage-data.jpg)