Old Photograph Peterhead Prison Scotland

Old photograph of the prison in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Peterhead Convict Prison was built around 1888. It was designed to hold 208 prisoners and to be Scotland's only convict prison. Occupancy averaged at around 350 however, until peaking at 455 in 1911. Until the opening of this Scottish Prison, Scots convicts were transported to England to serve their sentences. The first convicts were received in August 1888.



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