Prison conditions 3
Handcuffs and chains
Another example of the measures taken by the authorities to prevent the escape of prisoners from early gaols, which were often in a very poor state of repair, is shown here.
This order from the Quarter Sessions records of 1785 authorises the purchase of handcuffs and chains to secure the prisoners in Brecon county gaol.
Breconshire
Quarter Sessions
Easter 1785
Powys
County Archives
B/QS/O/5
This extract from the Order Books of the Breconshire
Quarter Sessions reads as follows:
"Ordered that six Chains for securing the Prisoners in
the Cells and Six Handcuffs be provided under the directions
of the Treasurer for the use of the Gaol."
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