Search registers of people admitted to Scottish prisons to 1924. Currently, registers are available for Barlinnie (Glasgow), Edinburgh Bridewell, Edinburgh (Calton) Prison, Largs Prison and Perth (General) Prison, including the Criminal Lunatic Department.
Read how to search prison registers and understand their contents in our prison registers guide. Prison records can include descriptions of violence and references to historical medical terms that are no longer medically accurate or acceptable.
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