Above: British Pathe footage of the riot at Dartmoor in 1932
For two centuries the gaunt silhouette of Dartmoor Prison has brooded over one of Britain's bleakest landscapes – its very name striking fear into the hearts of even the toughest criminals.
Over its forbidding entrance, the inscription Parcere Subjectis – Pity the Vanquished – is cut deep in the stonework. The meaning is enough to chill the blood of anyone who understands it.
From its construction in 1809 as...
