Her Majesty’s Prison Service is the correction institution established in the United Kingdom and extended to many of its colonies including New Zealand and Australia. Although the HMP still operates about 130 jails, very few of its Victorian buildings still stand. A marvelous exception is the Old Dunedin Prison. Men and women were incarcerated in this gaol from 1896 until 2007. The building’s design by John Campbell resembles London’s old Scotland Yard. It is now available for public tours.
