| PENETRATED | At prison was treated badly, but got through it |
| MITIGATED | Timed it badly, but got Georgia calmed (9) |
| STINKO | "Been called a pinko Commie tool, Got through it ___ by my pool" ("Follies" lyric) |
| HARDDONEBY | Boiled the egg too much? I think he was treated badly about it (4,4,2) |
| NEWSAGENT | Information trader was treated badly by general caught in trap (9) |
| STATEPEN | Johnny Cash's "At Folsom Prison" was recorded in one |
| INGOODNICK | Satisfactory at prison that's at an acceptable standard (2,4,4) |
| SCENIC | Look at prison, we hear it's breathtaking (6) |
| CAUTERISED | Reportedly got mounting hope when a wound was treated thus? (10) |
| POLIO | It was treated in an iron lung |
| NECESSITY | It's essential since stye was treated (9) |
| SCORNED | How Ed's attempt at corn was treated with contempt |
| CLINK | What informal word for "prison" was originally the name of a prison in London? (5) |
| HOLLOWAY | Which London prison was the largest women's prison in western Europe until its closure in 2016? (8) |
| OLDBAILEY | Newgate prison was the original site of this famous London building (3,6) |
| BASTILLE | Which prison was famously stormed on July 14, 1789? (8) |
| FLEET | Subterranean river in London after which a former debtors" prison was named (5) |
| ALCATRAZ | Which US prison was known as the "Rock" (8) |
| NEWGATE | Which notorious London prison was burnt down during riots in 1780? (7) |
| BORSTAL | Village in Kent where an experimental juvenile prison was opened in 1902 (7) |
