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Description
'I visited the police lock-ups in this town which are in the basement under the Town Hall. The cells are deficient in light and ventilation, and the whole establishment very inferior to what might be reasonably required for so large a population.'
Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.1), p.12
Sources
Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.1), p.12