Birmingham

HM Prison Birmingham (known locally as Winson Green Prison) is a Category B/C men's prison, located in the Winson Green area of Birmingham, England. The prison was formerly operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. It is now managed by G4S . Birmingham is a Victorian prison, built in 1849. Numerous judicial executions by hanging took place at the prison until the abolition of capital punishment in the UK. A total of 35 executions took place at Birmingham prison during the 20th Century. The last person ever to be hanged at the prison was a 20 year old Jamaican called Oswald Augustus Grey. He was executed on 20 November 1962 after being convicted of shooting dead newsagent Thomas Bates during the course of a robbery in Lee Bank Road....