Often dubbed 'Monster Mansion' Wakefield prison has housed rapist, murderers and serial killers. These are some of the most notorious inmates of Wakefield prison over the decades.
7. Colin Ireland
Colin Ireland was a British serial killer who murdered five gay men in a three-month span. Ireland died on 21 February 2012 at Wakefield Prison, from pulmonary fibrosis.
8. Harold Shipman
Harold Shipman was a GP found guilty of the murder of 15 patients in 2000, and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2004, Shipman died by hanging himself in his cell at Wakefield prison.
9. Ian Watkins
Watkins was sentenced to 29 years imprisonment for sexual offences, including the assault of young children, in 2013. He began his sentence in Wakefield, but was then transferred to HM Prison Long Lartin on 25 January 2014.