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Peterhead : the inside story of Scotland's toughest prison

Jeffrey, Robert, 1936-2013
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Robert Jeffrey tells the story of the infamous Peterhead Prison in Scotland's far north-east. Built in the 1880s as part of an ambitious humanitarian plan to use convict labour to construct a 'harbour of refuge' on the town's wild, storm-battered coast, it became what some call Scotland's gulag. A cold and brutal place, it has held down some of Scotland's most violent criminals and most infamous prisoners, convicted of the most heinous of crimes.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Black & White, 2013.Edinburgh : Black & White Publishing, 2013.
Collation:
vii, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781845025380 (pbk)1845025385
Dewey class:
365.9'4124365.94124365.9412365.941
Local class:
365.941Ab75J15 365.94124Ab75J15LS - Prison364.941LS PRI 364
Language:
English
BRN:
540132
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