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PRISON REFORM / J HOWARDJohn Howard (1726-1790), investigating the French penal system, is visited by an officer of the Prefecture Date: circa 1775-79
LAW / PRISONS / GERMANYExterior of the prison at Halle, Germany Date: 1845
Prison: Dores dantePrisoners in a dungeon
Convict chain, FranceA chain of convicts welcome a new arrival at La Tournelle: Jean-Francois Gruet, a tax collector condemned to the galleys for life for appropriating public money. Date: December 1716
Mazas prison, ParisThe exterior of Mazas prison, Paris. Date: 1861
Women prisoners transported to CayenneAt Toulon, young female prisoners embark for Cayenne, having chosen marriage in the colonies rather than a prison sentence. Date: 1866
A French prison guard, smoking a pipe. Date: 1850
La Sante prison, ParisLa Sante, Paris: guards checking the cells on the upper gallery. Date: 1870
French prison wardressA surveillante (or wardress) at Saint-Lazare prison, Paris. Date: 1850
Concert for prisoners, FranceAt La Petite Roquette prison, Paris, a concert is performed for the prisoners. Date: 1885
Suffragette Constance Lytton Jane Wharton. Lady Constance Lytton who disguised herself as Jane Wharton a seamstress, to expose class differences in the treatment of suffragette prisoners
Newgate Prison ClosedNewgate Prison closed down and auctioned off in pieces
Preston Prison 1905Tread wheel at Preston prison, 1905 Date: 1905
Wormwood Scrubs 1895Wormwood Scrubs prison, whipping post, 1895 Date: 1895
Entrance to West London District School, Ashford, StainesStaff near the entrance to the West London District School on Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, near Staines, Surrey, opened in 1872 as the West London District School for workhouse children from Fulham
Bagne De Brest - 3LE BAGNE DE BREST New arrivals have chains fixed to their legs
Life in a Womens Prison, 1903Female convicts at work in Aylesbury Gaol. Date: 1903
Mutiny at Dartmoor Prison, 1932Dartmoor Prison on the day of the convicts mutiny on 24th January 1932, with the office block of buildings ablaze after it had been fired by the rioters. 24th January 1932
Fulham Female PrisonWomen taking exercise in the yard at this female prison. Date: 1875
Maria Pazzi / PiattoliMaria Maddalena de Pazzi, Italian mystic, as a child is noted for her benevolence to people in the prisons of Florence. Date: circa 1560
Mettray : a ClassroomMETTRAY (near Tours) Open agricultural and industrial colony for juvenile offenders, 1839-1939 : A CHILD SWEEPS THE FLOOR OF A CLASSROOM Date: circa 1850
Prison / Amsterdam C17Prisoners being flogged and sawing under supervision in the courtyard of Rasphuis prison in Amsterdam. Date: 1611
Edmund Du Cane / DowneyEDMUND FREDERICK DU CANE Military, and prison reformer; inspector-general of military prisons and chairman of directors of convict prisons Date: 1830 - 1903
Law / Prisons / RussiaHouse of a Russian exile at Werkholansk, Siberia. Date: 1882
A Night in Town by H A SherburnReverse 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. 1800A man is visited in gaol by a friend, c. 1800 Date: C.1800
The Paradise Caves, Siracusa, SicilyThe Paradise Caves, Siracusa, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. Showing the Latom쥠 (ancient prisons) Date: 1900s
ENGLAND. London (19c. ). Newgate Prision. EngravingENGLAND. 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)
Paris, France - Petit Chatelet. Date: 1782
Paris, France - Chatelet. Date: 16th century
Pentonville prison cell interiorPentonville prison in London: interior of cell with a hammock for sleeping. Date: 1843
Lt-Col Edmund Y. W. HendersonCharles Robert Spencer, sixth Earl Spencer (1857 - 1922), before that Viscount Althorp until he succeeded to the title in 1910, British courtier and Liberal politician
Prisoners Massacred53 prisoners from Orleans are massacred at Versailles by a mob from Paris, along with 20 incarcerated in the prisons of Versailles. Date: 9 September 1792
Siberian Convict 1913A Siberian convict. Date: 1913
Silvio Pellico - 3SILVIO PELLICO Italian author, playwright and patriot, known for My prisons. Date: 1789 - 1854
Silvio Pellico - 2SILVIO PELLICO Italian author, playwright and patriot, known for My prisons. Date: 1789 - 1854
Silvio Pellico - 1SILVIO PELLICO Italian author, playwright and patriot, known for My prisons. Date: 1789 - 1854
French Prison ChapelPrisoners kneeling in prayer in the pews of a prison chapel in France. Date: 1930s
Prison Prayer TimeA nun presides over prayers at St. Lazare womens prison, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s
French PrisonThe yard of a modern French prison. Date: early 1930s
French Prison InteriorA French prison interior, showing the guards patrolling on a gallery balcony and the doors of some of the cells. Date: early 1930s
French Prison CourtAn empty courtroom in a French prison. Date: early 1930s
French Prison CellA stark cell in a French prison. Date: early 1930s
French Prison GuardA prison guard in a French prison ensures that a cell is safely under lock and key. Date: early 1930s
In the cell. Costumbrism. Painting
Port Arthur prisonMess Room, Penitentiary, Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1898 Date: 1898
Pentonville Prison 1895