prisons
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Currie
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Re: prisons
Hello Cathy,
The City of Birmingham took photographs of people found drunk in public places. (but apparently didn’t take photos of their suppliers.) viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14887&hilit=photographs+prison
You will have to be more specific about the name and location of the prison. If photographs were taken and if they have survived they would most likely be attached to the prison record.
According to the National Archives of Scotland. http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/crime.asp
“Criminals and prisoners
The NRS holds prison records from the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) and earlier bodies which had responsibility for prisons, including the Prison Commission for Scotland and the Scottish Office Home and Health Department. The main records are the prison registers (NRS ref. HH21), which generally note particulars of the trial and sentence for each inmate as well as personal details such as place of birth, occupation, age, height, and religion. A small number of prison registers contain photographs of prisoners. These have been digitised and are available on Virtual Volumes in the Historical Search Room and the ScotlandsPeople search rooms.”
You won’t find too many photographs of criminals in 1911 newspapers unless the crime was a particularly serious one.
You have to be lucky.
All the best,
Alan
The City of Birmingham took photographs of people found drunk in public places. (but apparently didn’t take photos of their suppliers.) viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14887&hilit=photographs+prison
You will have to be more specific about the name and location of the prison. If photographs were taken and if they have survived they would most likely be attached to the prison record.
According to the National Archives of Scotland. http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/crime.asp
“Criminals and prisoners
The NRS holds prison records from the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) and earlier bodies which had responsibility for prisons, including the Prison Commission for Scotland and the Scottish Office Home and Health Department. The main records are the prison registers (NRS ref. HH21), which generally note particulars of the trial and sentence for each inmate as well as personal details such as place of birth, occupation, age, height, and religion. A small number of prison registers contain photographs of prisoners. These have been digitised and are available on Virtual Volumes in the Historical Search Room and the ScotlandsPeople search rooms.”
You won’t find too many photographs of criminals in 1911 newspapers unless the crime was a particularly serious one.
You have to be lucky.
All the best,
Alan
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cathy52
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Re: prisons
Thanks for that information alan.