Prisoners Returning from Labour, Stafford Gaol

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Date:1869 - 1871 (c.)

Description:Labour in Victorian prisons could consist of stone-breaking, pin-heading, oakum picking (untwisting lengths of old tarred rope) and working on the treadwheels.

Here prisoners are returning from labour to the new male prison block.

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Staff Prisons & Reformatories Prisons & Reformatories Prisoners Prison Buildings Law, Order & Emergency Services Law & Order Buildings Architectural Features

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Donor ref:SAMS Acc. No., P82.54.8, img: 96 (8/658)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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