Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre is a prison in Jamaica. It was formerly the General Penitentiary, and was built to accommodate 650 male inmates[2] but has held over 1700 on occasions.[3] Construction of the current building began in 1845, shortly after the end of slavery. Previously, the Kingston House of Correction stood on the same site. The new penitentiary was designed according to the 'separate system' in which prisoners are held in isolation, although in practice sharing of the small cells has been common.[4]
Tower Street Prison (formerly The General Penitentiary)
^"Archive for the 'Tower Street' Category". Prison Diaries. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^Makeshift weapons increasing prison deaths 2009-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, Tyrone Reid, Jamaica Gleaner, 2004-02-08.
^Comparison of daily averages* over a 10 year period (1997-2006) by institution and sex 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Department Of Correctional Services, 2007.
^Paton, Diana (8 October 2004). No Bond but the Law: Punishment, Race, and Gender in Jamaican State Formation, 1780–1870. Duke University Press. ISBN0822386143.
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