| Evidence: | Extract from the Governor's [Edward Hackett] Journal, 16 March 1845:
'I went through the male prison at 7:30pm, and looked in upon every prisoner through the inspection slides, 97 in number, and found them all reading but 12, ten of whom were walking about, and two warming their hands over the gas light ... have made numerous similar inspections of the prisoners at all hours, and have invariably found about the same number in proportion reading.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 16 Mar 1845 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: Reading Gaol other location: in their cells |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reading Group: | prisoners |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | prisoners |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [n/a] |
| Title: | Bible |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) prison issue |
| Record ID: | 15218 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain, I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII), p. 46, |
| Citation: | Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain, I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII), p. 46, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15218, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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