Dartmoor Prison

[few]

What is the academic nickname of Dartmoor Prison

[Ethel]

Princetown?

[Peter Pedant]

HMP Princetown ?

All the nicks sorry have prisons have two names
I am sure there is an academic article in this
It could be the reluctance of saying the name in some way invokes bad luck

Strangeways is HMP Manchester I think

[tubeway]

Its been asked - and answered before

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Question401 531.html

[RATTER15]

I have seen this very imposing prison many times, I once camped just up the road and looked down on it in the middle of the night, it sends a chill through you!!!
It always used to be patrolled by police on horseback but they don't seem to do that now!
I also once got told off by the prison police for leaving my car unlocked in the village of princetown whilst in the cafe having a cuppa. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cyberhe ritage/moors/pris1.jpg