Life Inside
Although it only had a short-lived history the gaol played host to many fascinating and tragic stories. Life Inside is a repository for some of these remarkable moments and also a collection of short and engaging articles on life in and around the gaol. These have been put together by the principal team and a selection of local experts and students.
A Prisoner’s Life
On the 1st day of April 1878, the borough gaol of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in common with the other borough and county prisons throughout the United Kingdom, was by Act of Parliament handed over to the Government. Two, amongst many important objects sought to be effected by this legislative change, were the abolition of useless prisons and the creation of a uniformity of treatment in discipline and diet in the existing ones.