Guide to the Records of the Prison Commission (as filmed by the AJCP), 1816-1866

Summary

Collection number:

PCOM

Creator:

Prison Commission, Great Britain

Extent:

36 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material (The National Archives of the UK) and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Citation of items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material at the National Archives of the UK and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: TNA Series: CO 201/429, New South Wales. Original Correspondence. Despatches May-June 1850 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Further information on citation guidelines is available at The National Archives of the UK (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/citing-documents-national-archives/ ).

Availability:

Available

Background

Content Summary:

Select items were copied by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) from Home Office and Prison Commission Prison Records: Series 1 (PCOM2) including registers of prisoners in County Middlesex, Dorset and various ships.

Biographical / Historical:

Until 1877 prisons such as Newgate were administered by the central courts, while justices of the peace were responsible for county and borough gaols. The Home Office had powers of supervision over convict and local prisons and also controlled the convict hulks.

In 1846 a Surveyor General of Prisons was appointed. In 1877 local prisons were brought under government management, the Prison Commission being established as a statutory board to administer and inspect prisons in England and Wales.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia (https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn560797) as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

The National Archives of the UK (TNA).

Series Reference: PCOM. For further information, see PCOM at TNA. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C225)

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the National Archives of the UK. Further advice is available from: The National Archives of the UK. Copyright (http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/legal/copyright/)

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material (The National Archives of the UK) and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Citation of items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material at the National Archives of the UK and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: TNA Series: CO 201/429, New South Wales. Original Correspondence. Despatches May-June 1850 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Further information on citation guidelines is available at The National Archives of the UK (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/citing-documents-national-archives/ ).

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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