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Description: | Late 1990s.
Image shows Assembly cell 14 in the Leeds Bridewell (Town Lock Up) beneath the Town Hall. Leading off from it are side cells, from left to right, 17, 16 and 15. These cells were reserved specifically for women prisoners. A report in 1937 detailed the many inadequacies of the Victorian Leeds Bridewell, including the facilities for female prisoners. The cells were too few, without windows of fresh air and poor toilet facilities. A sum of ?8,000 was spent over a four year period on improvements to Leeds Bridewell including the women's cells. Assembly cell 14 has windows to Oxford Place, right. The doorway at the end, leads to two toilet cubicles. The wall of the cells were all tiled in white glazed ceramic tiles as part of the scheme. From here there is access to Court number 1. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Town Hall Leeds Bridewell Oxford Place | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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