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Beatrice Cenci and her stepmother, in bed in prison in Rome, hear their mandate of execution being read by a Papal envoy accompanied by members of a confraternity of Saint John the Baptist. Etching, ca. 1850.
Date: [1850?]Reference: 568703i
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The case of Mary Bell / Gitta Sereny.
Gitta SerenyDate: 1972
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All this hell : U.S. nurses imprisoned by the Japanese / Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee.
Monahan, EvelynDate: [2000], ©2000
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Notes on the prison dietaries in Scotland. [Pt. 1] / by J.B. Thomson.
Thomson, J. B.Date: 1866
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Copy of a letter from Mr. Charles Cameron, a surgeon in His Majesty's Navy and late surgeon of the Fergusson convict ship, to the Commissioners for victualling His Majesty's Navy, and for the care of sick and wounded seamen.
Cameron, Charles, active 1828-1829.Date: [1829?]
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China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the ropes of the garrotte attached to her head. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663453i
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A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
George CruikshankDate: 1848Reference: 26041i
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Rast, Dr Hugo
Rast, Dr HugoDate: 1920-1976Reference: PP/RAS
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An account of the disease lately prevalent at the General Penitentiary / by P. Mere Latham.
Peter Mere LathamDate: 1825
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Saint Leonard. Engraving by J. Nowohradsky.
Reference: 11117i
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A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.
Nöel-Nicolas CoypelDate: [1765]Reference: 18152i
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The East Riding House of Correction, Beverley, and Robert Peddie, its most famous prisoner / John Markham.
Markham, John.Date: 1980
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China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663450i
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A question of madness / Zhores A. Medvedev, Roy A. Medvedev ; translated from the Russian [MS.] by Ellen de Kadt.
Zhores MedvedevDate: 1974
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Second report of the Surveyor-General of Prisons.
Great Britain. Surveyor-General of PrisonsDate: 1847
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Silent cells : the secret drugging of captive America / Anthony Ryan Hatch.
Hatch, Anthony Ryan, 1976-Date: [2019]
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People in prison : (England and Wales) / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by command of Her Majesty, November 1969.
Home OfficeDate: 1969
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On the influence of the seasons of the year, employment, period of imprisonment, etc., on the gain or loss of weight, by the prisoners confined in the convict prison at Wakefield, between January 1, 1848, and December 31, 1857 / by W.R. Milner.
Milner, William Ralph.Date: 1859
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Prisoners at Tétouan restrained by chains seated in the presence of four guards armed with rifles. Wood engraving.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 37785i
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Reactions to crime : the public, the police, courts, and prisons / edited by David P. Farrington and John Gunn.
Date: [1985], ©1985
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Saint Peter in prison visited by Saint Paul. Colour lithograph by C. Mariannecci, 1862, after Filippino Lippi.
Filippino LippiDate: [1862]Reference: 6801i
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Turkish prisoners from Cyprus being transported to Turkey, on board a ship with a guard watching them from the rail. Wood engraving, 1878.
Date: [1878]Reference: 37793i
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Eugene Aram. Woodcut, 1812.
Date: Aug 11, 1812Reference: 559389i
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Prisoners receiving food. Gouache painting.
Reference: 726644i
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Elizabeth Hartley playing the role of Lady Jane Grey. Engraving by C. Sherwin after himself.
Sherwin, Charles, 1764-1794Date: 1700-1799Reference: 35447i

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Beatrice Cenci and her stepmother, in bed in prison in Rome, hear their mandate of execution being read by a Papal envoy accompanied by members of a confraternity of Saint John the Baptist. Etching, ca. 1850.

The case of Mary Bell / Gitta Sereny.

All this hell : U.S. nurses imprisoned by the Japanese / Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee.

Notes on the prison dietaries in Scotland. [Pt. 1] / by J.B. Thomson.

Copy of a letter from Mr. Charles Cameron, a surgeon in His Majesty's Navy and late surgeon of the Fergusson convict ship, to the Commissioners for victualling His Majesty's Navy, and for the care of sick and wounded seamen.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the ropes of the garrotte attached to her head. Photograph, 19--.

A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Rast, Dr Hugo

An account of the disease lately prevalent at the General Penitentiary / by P. Mere Latham.

Saint Leonard. Engraving by J. Nowohradsky.

A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.

The East Riding House of Correction, Beverley, and Robert Peddie, its most famous prisoner / John Markham.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband. Photograph, 19--.

A question of madness / Zhores A. Medvedev, Roy A. Medvedev ; translated from the Russian [MS.] by Ellen de Kadt.

Second report of the Surveyor-General of Prisons.

Silent cells : the secret drugging of captive America / Anthony Ryan Hatch.

People in prison : (England and Wales) / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by command of Her Majesty, November 1969.

On the influence of the seasons of the year, employment, period of imprisonment, etc., on the gain or loss of weight, by the prisoners confined in the convict prison at Wakefield, between January 1, 1848, and December 31, 1857 / by W.R. Milner.

Prisoners at Tétouan restrained by chains seated in the presence of four guards armed with rifles. Wood engraving.

Reactions to crime : the public, the police, courts, and prisons / edited by David P. Farrington and John Gunn.

Saint Peter in prison visited by Saint Paul. Colour lithograph by C. Mariannecci, 1862, after Filippino Lippi.

Turkish prisoners from Cyprus being transported to Turkey, on board a ship with a guard watching them from the rail. Wood engraving, 1878.

Eugene Aram. Woodcut, 1812.

Prisoners receiving food. Gouache painting.

Elizabeth Hartley playing the role of Lady Jane Grey. Engraving by C. Sherwin after himself.