Portsmouth Prison

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Overview

Alternative Names   Portsmouth Prison, HMP Portsmouth, HMP Kingston

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Prison

Jurisdiction   Local

Date opened   1878

Date closed   post 1900 (2013)

Location   Milton Road, Kingston   Portsmouth

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Hampshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Portsmouth Prison, HMP Portsmouth, HMP Kingston

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Local

Date opened   1878

Date closed   post 1900 (2013)

Location   Milton Road, Kingston   Portsmouth

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.8035  Long.   -1.0656

County   Hampshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   875

Daily Daily average   -   113

 

Year 1883

Annual Committed   -   2057

Daily Daily average   -   141

 

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   1715

Daily Daily average   -   127

 

Year 1893

Annual Committed   -   1729

Daily   -  

 

Year 1898

Annual Committed   -   1715

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.61; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.78; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.79; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.85; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.87; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.85; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.85; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.82; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.78; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.76; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.75; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.75; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.70; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.68; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.67; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.66; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.69
  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.173; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.318; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.359; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.373; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.420

Secondary Sources

  • https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1103834

Finance

Archive name: Portsmouth History Centre

Catalogue ref: S/18

Collection: Portsmouth Sessions

Description: Maintenance accounts for prisoners (half yearly returns) (1860-1863, 1870-1875)

Dates: 1860-1863, 1870-1875


Prisoners

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 88M96W/G1/1

Collection: Winchester Prison

Description: Male register of prisoners (numbered 2 on cover), probably from HMP Kingston, Portsmouth

Dates: c.1880-1881