As Brixton prison marks its 200th anniversary, Steve Powdrill considers the changes it has seen
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At 5:30 each morning, men, women and boys held at Brixton Prison would be marched over to what they called the “shin-scraper” – a tread-wheel powered by humans.
The contraption, which ground flour for the prison bakery, was commissioned by local magistrates as a managerial tool. They claimed the punishment would make time spent behind bars more productive and prevent “idle loitering around”.
The reality for those powering the dreaded treadmill – the first in the world, but adopted across it – was a lot bleaker. People were thrown off the gigantic machine, bones were broken and many deaths were caused unnecessarily.
