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Saint Ann's Bay Old Jail

Coordinates: 18°26′19″N 77°11′55″W / 18.4386°N 77.1986°W / 18.4386; -77.1986
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Saint Ann's Bay Old Jail
Saint Ann's Bay Old Jail is located in Jamaica
Saint Ann's Bay Old Jail
Saint Ann's Bay Old Jail
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LocationSaint Ann's Bay, Jamaica
Coordinates18°26′19″N 77°11′55″W / 18.4386°N 77.1986°W / 18.4386; -77.1986
StatusClosed
CapacityUnknown
Openedc. 1795
ClosedUnknown

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. ^ a b Jamaican Prisons, Irie Jamaica Blogspot.
  2. ^ a b c "Jamaica National Heritage Trust, St Ann's Bay Fort". Jamaica National Heritage Trust. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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