Jail Collection (page 2)

H. M. Prison, Stafford, Staffordshire
A view of Stafford prison in Staffordshire. A group of uniformed prison officers stand in front of the building

Prisoner on roof at Armley Gaol, Leeds, West Yorkshire
A prisoner can be seen on the roof of Armley Gaol in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The event has attracted spectators from the neighbourhood. Boys in caps sit on a wall beside the prison

The Hague, Prison - Amsterdam The Netherlands (Den Haag, Gevangenpoort). The Gevangenpoort is a former gate and medieval prison on the Buitenhof in The Hague, it has been a museum since 1882

Hobart convict barracks, Tasmania
Convict barracks at Hobart, Tasmania (formerly Van Diemens Land) Date: 1830s

Prison where John Bunyan was confined, Bedford
Bedford Prison where John Bunyan was confined for preaching without a licence. Date: 17th century

Thessaloniki - Greece - The Heptapyrgion Fortress
The Heptapyrgion (modern Eptapyrgio), also known by its Ottoman Turkish name Yedi Kule - a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the acropolis of Thessaloniki in

Police Station at Cherat - NWFP. Cherat is a hill station, immediately above the village Chapri and Saleh Khana in the Nowshera District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan

UK Prisoner in a Straitjacket Date: 1920s

Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, India
Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, Pune, India (Gandhi was imprisoned here for a time, spinning thread whilst imprisoned). Date: circa 1908

Interior of cell block at Portland Prison, Dorset
Interior of a new wing at Portland, Dorset showing cell doors, iron stairways and corridors. Wire netting was placed between balconies to prevent inmates falling to the ground

Convicts being searched, Portland Prison, Dorset
Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows prison officers searching convicts on their return from work

Quarries, Portland Prison, Dorset
Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows small groups of men cutting stone by hand while prison

Prison reformer John Howard visiting a prison
An engraving of Francis Wheatleys 1787 painting of John Howard Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison. Howard (third from right) (1726-1790)

Chaplains visit, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
The prison chaplain, jocularly referred to as the sky pilot, visits a cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. The prison was originally built as a House of Correction in 1594

The Old Gaol, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghams castle-like town prison was erected in 1748. It was closed following the nationalisation of the prison system in 1877

Courthouse and prison, Knutsford, Cheshire
A view of the courthouse and prison at Knutsford, Cheshire

Moosomin Gaol and Governors House, Saskatchewan, Canada. Moosomin was founded in 1882 and is named after Chief Moosomin, who became well known for leading his band into treaty status

Life in a Womens Prison, 1903
Female convicts at work in Aylesbury Gaol. Date: 1903

The Comedy of Errors - title page - exorcism scene. 1862

St Peter delivered out of prison - Acts 12. circa 1688

Joseph cast into prison
Joseph after being falsely accused by Potiphars wife cast into prison - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 39.20. 1787

In Carrickfergus Jail (1862). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1862

USA - City Prison, New York. Referred to as The Tombs - The Tombs, New York. The Tombs is the colloquial name for the Manhattan Detention Complex (formerly the Bernard B)

Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter and architect. Liberati
Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Liberation of Saint Peter, 1514. Fresco. Raphaels Rooms. Room of Heliodorus. Apostolic Palace. Vatican City

Myanmar - Yangon - Rangoon Jail - Prisoners at breakfast
Myanmar - Yangon - Rangoon Jail - Prisoners pictured lined up with their breakfast. Date: circa 1910s

Myanmar - Yangon - Rangoon Jail. Date: circa 1910s

The Birth of the Blues
THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES...and from a jail came the wail of a down-hearted frail, and they played that as part of the blues... Date: 1926

Lord Edward Fitzgerald 2
LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD Irish rebel, or patriot if you prefer : died in Newgate jail. Date: 1763 - 1798

A Night in Town by H A Sherburn
Reverse side of a promotional flyer for A Night in Town by H. A. Sherburn. First produced at the Strand Theatre (matinee), 21st April 1891, and Royalty Theatre, 27th June 1894

Man visited in gaol, c. 1800
A man is visited in gaol by a friend, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Sarah Martin conducting a service in Yarmouth Gaol
Sarah Martin (1791-1843), dressmaker, conducting a Sunday service for prisoners in the Tollhouse Gaol, Great Yarmouth. Date: circa 1830s

Elizabeth Fry and Anna Buxton visiting women prisoners at Newgate Prison, London. Anna Buxton is seen kneeling in prayer. Date: 1813

Bakery in the Cold Bath Fields Prison, London, 1860
Bakery in the Cold Bath Fields Prison, London, where bread is made daily for 2, 000 persons without any night work, by the use of Stevens Bread-Making Machine. Date: 1860

Land League Agitation: mob protests outside Cork Jail, 1887
The scene outside Cork County Jail on 18th September 1887: a mob from a National Land League meeting, with banners, a band of musicians and men armed with heavy clubs

ENGLAND. London (19c. ). Newgate Prision. Engraving
ENGLAND. London (19c.). Newgate Prision. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

RIGAUD, Jacques (1681 - 1754). View of the Bastille and the Porte Saint-Antoine. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Suffragette Old Man Paid to the Cause. A suffragette addresses a gathering of women. Speaker says, My old man paid 100 to the cause for every day I was in jail

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, praying for deliverance
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people praying for deliverance with a cross on the wall behind them. Date: 1940-1945

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, farming
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people farming -- Within a year, very few were still working on the land. Date: 1940-1945

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, man and two women
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, showing a thin man whose trousers are too big for him, chatting with two women -- Very few have any superfluous fat of their own. Date: 1940-1945

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, freedom
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people celebrating their freedom at the end of the war. Date: 1940-1945

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, squadrons overhead
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, with people excited to see British squadrons flying overhead, giving them hopes of liberation. Date: 1940-1945

Sir John Marjoribanks
SIR JOHN MARJORIBANKS Lord Provost of Edinburgh, holding a plan for the Regent Bridge and new jail. Date: 1763 - 1833

Thessaloniki, Greece - Heptapyrgion or Yedi Kule Fortress
The Heptapyrgion (modern Eptapyrgio), also known by its Ottoman Turkish name Yedi Kule - a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the acropolis of Thessaloniki in

Phil May in Holloway Prison - having his hair cut for free
Hilarious cartoon by Phil May, showing the caricaturist in Holloway Prison - having his hair cut for free! The reason for his incarceration was non-payment of his barbers bill!!! Date: circa 1890

San Jose de Costa Rica Penitentiary Date: circa 1910s

La Conciergerie - Paris, France
La Conciergerie on the Ile de la Cite is part of the complex of the Palais de Justice. The fortress-like building was used among others as a prison

Political Prisoners in Jail on Con Son Island
Con Son Island, the largest island of the Con Dao archipelago, off the coast of southern Vietnam. In 1861, the French colonial government established a prison on the island to house political

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