This is an absolute marvel of a place to visit and gives a great insight of how prisoners were treated and lived on the inside. The great thing about this place is there is a variety of tours to enjoy and experience the place and get the most out of your visit and these tours include the guided tour conducted by a prison officer which details information on what life was like for prisoners and how they lived and were treated and also learn some interesting useful facts about the prison and its history. The other tours include the Self Guided Tour where you can tour the prison at your own leisure and take in its surroundings and atmosphere and the last tour to mention is the Ghost Tour usually conducted at night and you can uncover what lurks in the prison at night which is renowned for being one of the most Haunted prisons in the UK. The best and most strongly recommended of the tours definitely has to the guided tour due to the fact you get a very detailed insight into the history of the prison, how prisoner conditions have changed marketedly over the years due to reforms that were needed and required and also the guided tours are conducted by people who have experience of being a prison officer or some knowledge of the prison system so you can get a clear idea of how prisons have functioned from the past up to the modern age and also the guided tours are thoroughly informative and fascinating full of interesting and useful about the history of the prison, how prison condition and cells have changed over time and the guided tours for these reasons are throughly riveting and engaging. There are a number of interesting and exciting experiences including The Cell Escape Room, The Hole Escape Room, Prison Break, Night Behind Bars and Ghost Hunting Behind Bars and there are extra charges for these but they are well worth it as they are very riveting, captivating, interesting, interactive and fun to do. There are a number of interesting areas to see such as The Governors Office where you can see how the Prison Governor conducted his time and worked, how prisoners were booked into the prison and the checks that had to be undertaken before they got into the prison itself. Other interesting areas include A- Wing where you can see different examples of cells through different elements including examples of a female and male victorian cell, 1960 cell, 1995 cell, 2013 cell and Modern Cell and from looking at these different cells you can a clear and exact idea of how prisoners have changed dramatically through time and some unsanitary conditions they lived where they were at risk of disease. In the A- Wing you can area where prisoners were treated for health issues and discusses health care of prisoners and also a Prison Chapel showing prisoners conducted their religious activity whilst in prison and there is an interesting section on Britain's most notorious killers. Seeing the A-Wing is amazing as you can get a great and clear idea of how prisoners lived and conducted their daily lives. Other interesting area are the C-Wing where you can learn about the ghosts that inhabit that area of the prison and also see the execution room where prisoners were executed and also the rooms where the executioner would sleep and stay before the execution and also see a room where the prisoner who was being executed would stay prior to the execution. In the execution room you can see some interesting information about the executions that have taken place at the prison. You can learn about how prisoners worked and there is a small museum containing some interesting prison related artefacts. There is a gift shop and cafe selling a range of food, drinks and souvenirs at reasonable prices. Overall this is an absolutely delightful, enjoyable, fascinating and engaging place to visit, which makes for a great day out. Well worth a visit whilst in Shrewsbury.