Prisoner for individual prisons from prison inspectors’ Gaol Returns for 1820. Estimated total prisoners, accounting for misreporting of commitments as prisoners in prison.

Dataset sheet:

• summary with estimates: total prisoners by sex and by debtor, criminals,and hulks, with details of estimates
• prisons 1820: Gaol Returns records for individual prisons, showing debtors, criminals differentiated by sex, prison housing capacity, commitments during year, greatest number received during year, and estimated in custody count

Related datasets:

• imprisoned debtors in England about 1800
• prisoners in England and Wales from 1670: long-run trends
• punishment prevalence yearly by sex in England and Wales from 1715