ABSTRACT
Anyone with enough money can now spend a night in gaol. The cells in Oxford prison are larger, and warmer, and more comfortable now than they were before the gaol was turned into a luxury hotel in 2006 (https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315886299/f273d81c-e55f-49cc-a374-a6201f39f447/content/www.malmaison.com/" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">www.malmaison.com/). The award-winning development renovated what was essentially a late Victorian prison into a four-star hotel. 1 Converting former gaols into hotels is a world-wide phenomena (see, for example, Sweden’s largest Victorian prison, Langholmen Prison in Stockholm, built in 1875, https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315886299/f273d81c-e55f-49cc-a374-a6201f39f447/content/www.langholmen.com/en/" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">www.langholmen.com/en/, or Charles Street Jail/ Suffolk County Jail in Boston, https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315886299/f273d81c-e55f-49cc-a374-a6201f39f447/content/www.libertyhotel.com/" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">www.libertyhotel.com/), but an overnight stay in them is not cheap. There appears to be an ‘incarceration premium’ for those who wish to experience . . . well, what do the guests who stay there experience?
Tired of doing hard time in run-of-the-mill hotels? Well, this time you’re going to the slammer in style, at the former gaol now known as Malmaison Oxford. You’re not going to be behind bars though: you’re going to be sipping the coolest cocktails in the free world at MALBAR. And don’t worry about doing porridge. Mal Brasserie serves an eclectic mix of classic dishes with a twist, from freshly caught fish to the famous Mal Burger. So who wants to escape? After all, good behaviour gets you privileges like free wi-fi, drench showers, plasma TVs and even toiletries that are just begging to be nabbed by light-fingered guests. This is one hotel in Oxford where you’ll be happy to get a long stretch.
( https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315886299/f273d81c-e55f-49cc-a374-a6201f39f447/content/www.malmaison.com/locations/oxford/?gclid=CPSkrMesu7UCFeXLtAodFyoAUg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">www.malmaison.com/locations/oxford/? gclid=CPSkrMesu7UCFeXLtAodFyoAUg )