Victorian Prisoners from Lincolnshire’s Past on Display at Lincoln Castle

Exceptional photographs unveiled at Lincoln Castle provide visitors insightful glimpses into the lives of Victorian prison inmates. The exhibition, showcased for the first time, delves deep into the 1870s, vividly illustrating the era’s crime and punishment. Unearthed from a document detailing the lives and offences of those incarcerated at the castle’s famed Victorian prison, the collection includes images of Norwegian sailors, George Dahl and Harry Olsen. They were sentenced to hard labour following a burglary in Barrow upon Humber.

The Register of Habitual Criminals, an old instrument used by the police, recorded prior offences of recurring offenders. Noteworthy inmates include John Holmes, a 14-year-old who was sentenced to 21 days for stealing pigeons, and James Pringle, a 21-year-old from Grimsby, sentenced to a month for pilfering tins of condensed milk.

This captivating exhibit can be witnessed in the Magna Carta vault at Lincoln Castle until February.

This story was adapted by The Lincoln Post from original reporting by www.bbc.com.