Barry York remembers laying on the bed in his tiny cell at Melbourne's Pentridge prison and hearing prisoners being beaten by guards. "You would hear the thuds, the kicks, the screams; men screaming ...

Its towering bluestone walls have housed some of Australia's most notorious criminals, but now the infamous Pentridge Prison is shedding its image of convicts and cutthroats in favour of cafes and ...

Pentridge Prison, which closed in 1997, housed some of Victoria’s most notorious criminals, including Melbourne underworld figure Carl Williams and members of the Kelly Gang. But now the prison’s D ...

The troubled foster kid who was jailed for armed robbery soon found himself alongside some of Victoria’s toughest and most violent criminals. It would have been so easy for him to stay on that path, ...

Australia’s last execution took place there (Ronald Ryan in 1967), as well as the last flogging. From 1850 to 1997, Pentridge loomed over Melbourne, and became a byword across Australia for the ...

Twenty-six years after the closure of the infamous Australian prison known as Pentridge, a luxury hotel is offering customers the chance to stay in the “world's first urban wellness retreat in a ...

A stint inside a prison would likely evoke an image of fear in the minds of ordinary people. But one of the world's most infamous prisons in Australia has been transformed into a luxury five-star ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The former Pentridge prison could equal Old Melbourne Gaol for visitor numbers when its doors are ...

Residents, politicians and the National Trust say a proposed 19 storey apartment complex within the walls of the former Pentridge Prison will be an ugly over-development for the key heritage precinct.

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