Woking Convict Invalid Prison

Woking Convict Invalid Prison was constructed in mid-19th-century England, primarily to hold male invalid convicts who previously had been billeted on hulks and had been moved to the temporary invalid prison at Lewes.[1] The concept of a prison specifically for invalids was seen as progressive at the time.[2]

It opened its doors to the first prisoner, William Strahan,[3] in April 1859 and formally received the first tranche of invalid prisoners in March 1860. The prison closed in 1889 due to a decline in the number of invalid prisoners.

  1. ^ "Woking Male Prison". 19th Century Prison History. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ Parker, Michael (2007). Dynamic security : the democratic therapeutic community in prison. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 61. ISBN 9781846425639. OCLC 122913238.
  3. ^ "William Strahan – The Institutional History Society". Retrieved 5 October 2019.