Editing HM Prison Dartmoor (section)

===Notoriety===
In 1920, the prison began housing UK criminals. It would develop a reputation for housing some of Britain's most serious offenders that included murderers, gangsters, thieves, spies, and robbers such as [[Jack McVitie|Jack “the Hat” McVitie]], [[Jack Comer|Jack “Spot” Comer]], [[John George Haigh]], and [[Frank Mitchell (prisoner)|Frank Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/most-notorious-prisoners-dartmoor-jail-444935|title=The most notorious prisoners of Dartmoor jail revealed|newspaper=[[Plymouth Herald]]|date=15 December 2017}}</ref> Prisoners made numerous attempts to get out of the prison and onto the moors, leading to massive manhunts by the police and prison service.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/most-notorious-escapes-dartmoor-prison-4996868|title=The most notorious escapes from Dartmoor Prison - from 'Rubber Bones' to the 'Mad Axeman'|newspaper=[[Plymouth Herald]]|date=14 February 2021}} The prison population, the bleak location, and its reputation for its harsh regime made Dartmoor one of the UK's most feared prisons.{{cite news|url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/how-porridge-sparked-brutal-mutiny-466017|title= Fascinating images of Dartmoor Prison riot sparked by porridge|newspaper=[[Plymouth Herald]]|date=17 February 2017}}</ref> Instances of disobedience included a model prisoner attacking a popular guard with a razor blade and rough treatment by prisoners of a prisoner being removed to solitary.<ref name="Fitzgerald"/>

;Mutiny
The prison's tough conditions eventually led to its worst outbreak of violence on 24 January 1932. The cause of the riots is generally attributed to prisoners' perceptions of poor quality of the food, not generally but on specific days prior to the disturbance when it was suspected it had been tampered with.<ref name="Fitzgerald">{{cite book | last=Fitzgerald | first=Mike | title=Prisoners in Revolt | publisher=Penguin| date=1977 | isbn=978-0-14-021922-7 |pages=123–126}}</ref> At the parade later that day, 50 prisoners refused orders, and the rest were marched back to their cells but refused to enter. At this point, the prison governor and his staff fled to an unused part of the prison and secured themselves there. The prisoners then released those held in solitary. There was extensive damage to property, and a prisoner was shot by one of the staff, but no prison staff were injured.<ref name="Fitzgerald"/> According to the [[Herbert du Parcq, Baron du Parcq|du Parcq report]] into the riot: "Reinforcements arrived, and within fifteen minutes these 'vicious brutes', who for some two hours had terrorized well-armed prison staff, and effectively controlled the prison, had surrendered and been locked up again".<ref name="Fitzgerald"/>
; Notable prisoners
[[File:Eamon de Valera c 1922-30.jpg|thumb|Éamon de Valera was imprisoned at Dartmoor in 1919.]]
*[[Michael Davitt]]
*[[Hammond, Louisiana#History|Peter Hammond]], founder of Hammond, Louisiana, US
*[[Fred Longden]]
*[[John Rodker]]
*[[Moondyne Joe]]
*[[Thomas William Jones, Baron Maelor]]
*[[John Boyle O'Reilly]]
*[[Arthur Owens]]
*[[Éamon de Valera]]<ref name="Dartmoor Prison Museum">{{cite web| url = https://www.dartmoor-prison.co.uk/| title = Dartmoor Prison Museum}}</ref>
*[[F. Digby Hardy]]
*[[John Williams (convict)|John Williams]]
*[[Frank Mitchell (prisoner)|Frank Mitchell]]<ref name="Dartmoor Prison Museum"/>
*[[Reginald Horace Blyth]]
*[[Darkie Hutton]]
*[[John George Haigh]]
*[[Bruno Tolentino]], who eventually was deported to Brazil where the major part of his oeuvre was published. ''"A Balada do Cárcere"'' (1996) is a poetic recollection of the time spent in Dartmoor.<ref>{{cite web |title= Bruno Tolentino |publisher= Vide Editorial |url= http://videeditorial.com.br/index.php?route=product/author&author_id=62 |access-date= 11 December 2017 }}</ref>
*Fahad Mihyi, [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] terrorist behind the [[1978 London bus attack]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/7962/ |newspaper=Jewish Journal |title='Terrorist' Helped Israeli Heal |date=2003-05-09 |access-date=2018-11-12 | author=Naomi Pfefferman}}</ref>
*[[Lambeth slavery case|Aravindan Balakrishnan]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cult-leader-who-imprisoned-raped-26672541 |newspaper=Daily Mirror |title = Cult leader who imprisoned and raped women for 30 years dies in jail at 81|date=8 April 2022 }}</ref>