The artwork, which depicts a prisoner attempting to escape over the wall with a typewriter in his hand, has been etched onto the side of HMP Reading. Irish poet Oscar Wilde was incarcerated in Reading Gaol from 1895-1897 for committing 'gross indecency', and the jail inspired his final poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Wilde was incarcerated at HMP Reading from May 25, 1895 to May 18, 1897. He was spent his time locked up in wing C number 33 on the top floor of HMP Reading. Financially ruined and living in exile in exile in France, he penned his last published work The Ballad Of Reading Gaol.

Source: Daily Mail March 01, 2021 12:24 UTC