Saint Ann's Bay Old Jail
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 Saint Ann's Bay Old Jail
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| Location | St Ann's Bay, St Ann, Jamaica |
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| Status | Closed |
| Capacity | Unknown |
| Opened | c1795 |
| Closed | Unknown |
The Old Jail in Saint Ann's Bay is said to have been the very first prison in Jamaica.[1] Built as a fort c. 1750, it was declared useless in 1795 as the sea was encroaching.[2] It was then converted into a jail and house of correction.[2] The jail had solitary cells, a treadmill, a separate room for lunatics, a room for debtors, a 'hospital', and a jailers' quarters.[2] Many slaves died there.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jamaican Prisons, Irie Jamaica Blogspot.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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