| Admin History | The 1877 Prison Act (40 & 41 Vict c 21) asked members of the visiting committee to write down their observations (particularly in reference to the condition of the prison or abuses therein) in the visitors book. The visitors book was to be kept by the gaoler; and it was the duty of the gaoler to draw the attention of the visiting committee, at their next visit to the prison, to any entries made in the visitors book. |