Average number of prisoners by sex for individual prisons in 1850, with estimated totals for England and Wales. From prison inspectors’ reports.

Dataset sheets:

• summary: estimated total prisoners by sex for England and Wales in 1850
• prisons 1850: prison inspectors’ reports for individual prisons, with county, place, institution type, average number of male prisoners, average number of female prisoners

Related datasets:

• prisoners in England and Wales by county, 1780-1850
• prisoners in London prisons, summary data 1779-1850
• punishment prevalence yearly by sex in England and Wales from 1715