Prison Grounds
Airing Yards
These yards were built in 1843 to provide a secure place where prisoners could be exercised individually in the open air.Men and women were escorted from their cells by a warder and locked up in a yard for an hour each day.
A bell, to be rung to alert the prison staff in case of escapes, is hung on the wall of the airing yards.
In wet weather prisoners were provided with capes. If conditions were particularly bad, men could be exercised in the gallery on the upper floor of the New Prison.
Prison Grounds
The prison had its own laundry and the washing was hung out within the Prison walls.
Did You Know?For Breakfast, served at 7.30am, a prisoner would receive 5 ounces of oatmeal made into porridge with ¼ of a pint of milk. Dinner at 1pm consisted of soup and bread. Supper, served at 6.00pm was 5 ounces made into porridge and ½ pint of milk.