Newcastle Prison

DrPatrick Low specialises in the history of execution and post-mortem punishmentin the North East of England. He is a published academic author and freelanceexpert for the BBC’s Murder, Mystery and My Family and a web designer.In 2022 he developed, with Dr Shane McCorristine, an online history ofNewcastle Gaol. DrShane McCorristine is Reader in Cultural History at Newcastle Universityspecialising in the history of crime, exploration, and the supernatural. He isa Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and his books include WilliamCorder and the Red Barn Murder: Journeys of the Criminal Body (2014) and TheSpectral Arctic: A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration (2018). DrHelen Rutherford is an Associate Professor in the Law School at NorthumbriaUniversity. She is a qualified solicitor. Her historical research interestsinclude the nineteenth century coroner and crime, trials, and punishment - witha North East England focus. She is the editor (with Clare Sandford-Couch andPatrick Low) of Execution Culture in Nineteenth Century Britain-From PublicSpectacle to Hidden Ritual (2020). DrClare Sandford-Couch is an Associate Lecturer in the Law School at LeedsBeckett University. A solicitor and a legal academic for over 20 years, Clarehas published on legal history and visual culture, and criminal legal historiesin North East England in the nineteenth century. She is currently researchingpolicing and detection in nineteenth century Newcastle.

• 1. Introduction2. Life Inside3. Prison Staff4. The Women's Gaol5. Escapes6. Executions7. Burial & Post-Mortem Punishment8. Demolition and Beyond

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