Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    QGR2/2/1/7
  • Title
    Annual Report of Visiting Justices Michaelmas 1861: W Stuart junior, William Lynn Smart, Henry Littledale, R G Chalk. B H Starey, W B Higgins, Russell, C C Beaty Pownall. Extracts:
  • Date free text
    15 Oct 1861
  • Production date
    From: 1861 To: 1861
  • Scope and Content
    1) Total number of prisoners committed during the year (exclusive of debtors) is 408, the number last year was 323, an increase of 85. Debtors 44 - decrease of 8. 2) Of 408 prisoners 1 only could read and write well, 255 could read and write imperfectly, 1 could read only and 151 could neither read or write. List of numbers of prisoners committed from each Petty Sessional division in the County and their standard of literacy. 3) Number of recommittals 93 an increase of 4 over the last year. 4) The number of juvenile prisoners was 65, an increase of 18 - 16 of whom have been sent to Reformatory Schools. 5) number of Committals under the Criminal Justice Act was 92 - an increase of 42 over last years return. 6) Total cost of the prison on the Maintenance account for the year is £2706.9.7 an increase of £297.18.9. 7) Daily average number of prisoners 58.5, an increase of 6.5. 8) Average cost per head per week 17s 10d, a decrease of 1.5d per head compared to last year. 9) Abstract of maintenance provision costs. 10) Summary of prison manufactory accounts - the amount to be paid to the County Treasurer for the year is £250. 11) Exterior of prison has now been painted. 12) Daniel Burke, a convict under a sentence of 18 months imprisonment made an attempt to escape in which he was discovered by the prison officers. The Visiting Justices ordered him to be prosecuted and he was tried and convicted at the Summer Assizes. 13) The prison was regularly visited by the Visiting Justices. 14) the Visiting Justices have viewed with much gratification the satisfactory progress of the reformatory system.
  • Language
    English
  • Level of description
    item
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