Please contact Research Enquiries, Tasmanian Archives:
Postal address: 91 Murray St, Hobart TAS 7000
Phone: (03) 6165 5538 or (03) 6165 5541
Website: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/get-help/help-with-research-and-finding-information/
Quote this number to access your records: Tasmanian Archives Series Number, GD61
These records are held by Tasmanian Archives (2011 - current).
The Prisoners Individual Files, dated from 1891 to 1960, come from Campbell Street Gaol.
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These files may include prisoner description sheets, photographs, movemements of the prisoner, psychological assessments, warrants, lists of offences and sentences, applications and correspondence relating to remissions of sentence and general correspondence relating to the prisoner. They are arranged alphabetically by name. Individuals may be named in more than one file in this series. Tasmanian Archives state that this series did at one stage contain more files, however some have since been destroyed. Those that were left have been retained for the purpose of illustraating the procedures and documentation practices of the prison system.