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Surrey Lookup Requests / Re: Woking Invalid Prison in Surrey
« on: Sunday 03 November 13 13:40 GMT (UK) »
Thank you - really helpful.
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Surrey Lookup Requests / Re: Woking Invalid Prison in Surrey
« on: Thursday 31 October 13 18:07 GMT (UK) »
Would anyone know how to find out what happened to a prisoner at Woking Invalid Prison if (i) he died there and (ii) he was transferred elsewhere when it closed? I have checked at TNA and in the prison register the prisoner I am interested in was admitted in May 1865 but there is no corresponding official note of how he left (died or transferred). All the other prisoners in the register, so far as I could see, had a note of what happened to them after admission ie at the end of their sentences or transferred if before. Is there a burial register for the prison and if a prisoner died where routinely were they buried?
Second question, was Woking Invalid Prison only for prisoners who were physically disabled in some way or were there connotations of mental incapacity too? Was it akin to a mental asylum for prisoners?
Grateful for any help.
Second question, was Woking Invalid Prison only for prisoners who were physically disabled in some way or were there connotations of mental incapacity too? Was it akin to a mental asylum for prisoners?
Grateful for any help.
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