[2] Construction commenced in 1827, and the new stone building located south of Crockherbtown opened at the end of 1832, capable of housing 80 prisoners, including 20 debtors.

[6] A year later the prison was criticised again for its poor record in dealing with drug abuse and providing decent recreation facilities for inmates.

In late 2003, after capital punishment had been abolished in the UK, the remains of Corbett, Roberts, Grossley, Evans, Wills and Singh were exhumed from the prison grounds and reburied elsewhere in order to make space for the construction of a new cell block.

After Mattan's conviction was quashed, his widow Laura and three sons (David, Omar and Mervyn) received the sum of £725,000 in compensation from the British Government.

In 1999 the actor Keith Allen played a Probation and Parole officer at the prison, in the BBC television series Jack of Hearts.