prison records

[David Pinkney]

Is there anywhere i can find a date of a possible prisoner's time in jail around 1948-1950?

Is this is closed info or can a relative request the information, the person involved is deceased

Thanks

[CaroleW]

Have you tried the National Archives website?

[Nifty1]

According to NA site

Prisoners records are opening date: 01 January 2067

I posted this on another tread :

'I have two late uncles who were caught by police when they tried to steal a van with a load of televisions in it in the mid to late 1960s. They did not realise that there were police officers  amongst the van’s cargo and they were arrested. They had a stay in Oxford prison for there trouble.
I think that it took place in London or the Home Counties to the west of London.
How can I substantiate this story?'

in the hope that somebody might be able to find more details about the case. I feel that the local newspapers of the time would have reported it but have so far been unable to find anything. In the light that the uncles are dead, I do not see any reason why I should not have access to any records of them.

David, please excuse me for piggybacking your thread but I feel that if we unite our cause somthing might turn up.

[stanmapstone]

Have you tried the National Archives website?

See Prison registers and calendars of prisoners (1770-1971)
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/prisoners-or-prison-staff/

Stan

[Nifty1]

Stanmapstone reaches the parts where others fail.
Thanks Stan
 

[David Pinkney]

Unfortunately searching through all the available info i can find there is no records that bring up anything relevant unfortunately

[fallingonabruise]

My great grans file was available at the national archives and she was a serial killer in the 1950's,
the file had statements, letters, photos, etc , and we found that just by searching her name in the general search on there, so maybe yours might have something similar.

[David Pinkney]

Unfortunately nothing seems to come up

[Nifty1]

I have learnt one thing in ten years + of FR. These things can take time.