"Located on Main Street in Road Town, HM Prison sits between the Anglican and Methodist churches, a strip historically referred to as “redemption row” with the prisoners sandwiched location referred to as the “in between”. In 1958, famed US author George T Eggleston sailed the Virgin Islands and stopped in Road Harbour to visit the Reverend Denham Mullings at the Methodist Church. Eggleston stopped at the open doors of the police station and talked to a pleasant man in blue denim who was sweeping the courtyard. There was only one prisoner at the time. He came to me and said “I am de prisonah!”
A lot has happened there since it was built in 1774 but little has changed on most of the ground floor since the infamous Arthur Hodge hanging in 1811 and since the last condemned man was hung in 1974."
Extract from “Awaking a Sleeping Prison” by Hugh Whistler who worked with the BVI Government to turn the unused prison in to a museum.
The prison is open Mon – Friday (and often on weekends if cruise ships are in port) and charges a small entrance fee. Cache is located outside the prison and is accesible 24/7. Other buildings of interest nearby include both of the churches and the Fireproof building across the street,
Due to ongoing repair works at the church, the cache has been temporarily relocated inside the prison for safekeeping. Open from 8:30-2:30 during the week (longer on days cruiseships are in port), Carol who works at the museum is playing custodian!