Prisons Collection (page 5)

Oakum Shed / Prison / 1874
Inmates are supervised as they pick oakum

Prisons / Fleet
Debtors grate

Wandsworth Prison / Mayhew
Prisoners turning out after dinner in the Surrey house of correction, part of Wandsworth Prison. Note that the prisoners are wearing masks

Fleet Prison Courtyard
Prisoners in the courtyard exercising and playing racquets

A Debtors Prison
The Primrose family join their father when he is thrown into a debtors prison by the evil Squire Thornhill

Prison Hulk, Woolwich
Convicts from the hulks anchored in the Thames off Woolwich, at work on the river-bank handling timber with the aid of a huge lifting device

Kings Bench (Microcosm)
Located in St Georges Fields, south of the Thames : a debtors prison notorious for the laxness of its rules - it housed 30 gin shops, as well as facilities for dining

Dresden Prison 1930S
The interior of a prison in Dresden, Germany, which in its day was one of the most up-to- date in Europe. The central tower was built so that one person could watch 800 inmates

Newgate Chapel 1809
The Chapel of Newgate Prison, where prisoners were exhorted to repent of their evil ways

Bridewell, London
Women prisoners, many with children, doss down in the Pass-Room at Bridewell, for the reception of short-term female offenders. It is located near Blackfriars

Dartmoor Warders 1910
Group photograph of warders at Dartmoor Prison, outside the front entrance. We trust the inmates were safely under lock and key at the time

Dartmoor Permit
Permit to allow Thomas Tertius Paget and party to view the Convict Prison at Dartmoor, by desire of the Home Secretary, viscount Palmerston

Prison / Britain / Newgate
The entrance to Newgate Prison, showing the windmill, apparently used to circulate air

MAYHEW / HULK / DEFENCE
Prison hulks on the Thames

Siberia Convicts
Convicts en route to the Kara gold mines, Siberia

Portuguese Convicts
The Portuguese government finally abolishes the system of cagoules - masks worn by prisoners to prevent recognition

Convicts at Mass
Chained convicts attending mass in a French prison

Escaping, Guyana
Four prisoners succeed in escaping from their prison in Guyane, but only one of them survives the horrors of the jungle

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