Eventually Armley Gaol was renamed along with other prisons to make their locations more obvious to people unfamiliar with these areas.

The final execution was that of Zsiga Pankotia (31) on 29 June 1961, for the murder of 50-year-old Eli "Jack" Myers in a house burglary in the city's Roundhay district.

[1] The 'Castle style' entrance range of the building and the 200 metres of perimeter wall received a Grade II* heritage listing in 1976.

[2] In 1990, the Howard League for Penal Reform announced that it would conduct its own independent inquiry into the deaths of five teenage prisoners at HMP Leeds.

[3] In April 2004, Shahid Aziz was murdered by his racist cellmate at HMP Leeds,[4] sparking controversy over the similarities of the case with that of Zahid Mubarek.

In June 2008 a report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons severely criticised conditions for inmates at Leeds Prison, and accused managers of making up figures relating to how long inmates spent in their cells.

[6] In 2008, Times journalist Robert Crampton used his Beta Male column to ask for invitations to give speeches, to improve his public speaking skills.

[7] In June 2010 a further report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons on their unannounced follow-up visit commented that "it is pleasing to report that this unannounced follow-up visit charted further progress in all areas, as a result of close and effective management" and that "there had been a noticeable improvement in staff-prisoner relationships and considerable management attention to aspects of diversity, in particular race".