Saint Ann's Bay Old Jail

Saint Ann's Bay Old Jail
Saint Ann's Bay Old Jail
Location St Ann's Bay, St Ann, Jamaica
Coordinates 18°26′19″N 77°11′55″W / 18.4386117°N 77.1985674°WCoordinates: 18°26′19″N 77°11′55″W / 18.4386117°N 77.1985674°W
Status Closed
Capacity Unknown
Opened c1795
Closed Unknown

The Old Jail in Saint Ann's Bay is said to have been the very first prison in Jamaica.[1] Built as a fort c. 1750, it was declared useless in 1795 as the sea was encroaching.[2] It was then converted into a jail and house of correction.[2] The jail had solitary cells, a treadmill, a separate room for lunatics, a room for debtors, a 'hospital', and a jailers' quarters.[2] Many slaves died there.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jamaican Prisons, Irie Jamaica Blogspot.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Jamaica National Heritage Trust, St Ann's Bay Fort.". Jamaica National Heritage Trust. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

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