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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5165
TitleHM Prison Sudbury
Date1948-1970
DescriptionBoard of Visitors minutes, Governors Journals, Medical Journals and Register
Extent2 boxes
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorHM Prison Sudbury
Administrative HistoryThe prison at Sudbury was opened in 1948 at the site of an American Army Hospital built during World War II. The prison is an open prison, originally housing 300 prisoners serving sentences between 1 and 3 years and the second of its type in the Midlands.
Custodial HistoryThe records were transferred to the Derbyshire Record Office in February 2000 under Section 4(1) of the Public Records Act.
Organisation Sub-TypePrisons and probation services
FormatDocument
Related MaterialSee D7082 for a plan of the site when it was used as the United States Air Force General Hospital during the Second World War.
Archivist NoteCatalogued February 2000, NB.
Minor amendments made (e.g. extent added) to conform with ISAD(G), 27 January 2022, BS.

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Sudbury; HM Prisons; Sudbury Prison
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Sudbury 
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