HM Prison Oxford

Last updated November 29, 2025

HM Prison Oxford was a prison in Oxford Castle from 1888 until 1996. The castle had been used as a prison since the seventeenth century, but it only acquired the name HM Prison Oxford in the 1888 prison reforms.

In August 1972, prisoners staged a rooftop protest^[1] as part of the prison strike organised by Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners.^[2]

After its closure, the hotel chain Malmaison converted the former prison into a hotel which opened in 2005.^[3]

References

↑ "Oxford Castle celebrates history 20 years since HM Prison closed". Oxford Mail. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
↑ Fitzgerald, Mike (1976). Prisoners in revolt: the origin and development of Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners (PROP), the British Prisoners Union. Leicester: University of Leicester.
↑ "HMP Oxford hotel an inspiration for Shrewsbury Dana prison hotel talks « Shropshire Star". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 28 November 2025.

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[1] "Oxford Castle celebrates history 20 years since HM Prison closed". Oxford Mail. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

[Prisoners_in_Revolt-2] Fitzgerald, Mike (1976). Prisoners in revolt: the origin and development of Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners (PROP), the British Prisoners Union. Leicester: University of Leicester.

[3] "HMP Oxford hotel an inspiration for Shrewsbury Dana prison hotel talks « Shropshire Star". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 28 November 2025.

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