Prison History Feedback

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* 1. We'd like to know a bit more about you. Which of the below best describes your profession or interest?

Local historian

Family historian

Professional historian or criminologist

Employed in prisons sector

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How did you find out about prisonhistory.org?

Google

Announcement in a local or family history society publication

Who Do You Think You Are magazine or television programme

friend or colleague

Twitter

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What was your reason for visiting prisonhistory.org?

General interest - I wanted to explore the resource

I was looking for something specific to do with prison history

If you were looking for something specific, did you find what you needed?

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* 4. Which of the following resources on the site did you, or will you, make use of?

19th Century Prisons database

Local Lock-Ups database

Your Stories

News Features (How to... Guides, Go Explore, Featured Lock-up etc)

Please provide a comment here if you wish

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* 5. We're actively seeking contributions to this project - namely, additional information about lock-ups in our database, new lock-up submissions, and stories about historic prisons including their use today. Did you make a contribution when visiting today?

Yes

No, but I plan to return or get in contact to make a contribution

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* 6. If we were to expand this project in the future, what of the below options would you find most useful?

Expand the 19th Century Prisons database to include Welsh, Scottish and Irish prisons and their archives

Collect data on other custodial institutions, such as debtors' prisons, military prisons, reformatories and asylums

Collect data on pre-19th century prisons in England or the British Isles

Develop more resources on the experience of imprisonment in the 19th century

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* 7. Has your use of prisonhistory.org increased your knowledge of, or revised your understanding about, the history of imprisonment in Britain?

Yes

If yes, we'd love to know how

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* 8. Will you be able to use what you have learned, or prisonhistory.org, in your work or other activities (including leisure activities)?

Yes

If you have answered yes, please tell us how. Information provided will help us to plan future projects and apply for funding.

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* 9. What will you do in the next six months, as a result of visiting prisonhistory.org?

Recommend the resource to friends and colleagues

Look for ways to contribute to the project

Find out more about the history of prisons - for example, through reading or museum visits

Visit an archive or a digital resource to look at documents listed on prisonhistory.org

Visit an historic prison or lock-up

Make use of prisonhistory.org in my work

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Thank you so much for taking the time to provide feedback!

To get your FREE copy of Rosalind Crone's e-book Guide to the Criminal Prisons of Nineteenth-Century England (worth RRP £95 in print), click on this link. You will be sent to a page on the Prison History website where you can download a copy.

We rely on feedback to improve and develop prisonhistory.org, and to apply for the funding to do this. We are particularly keen to hear how people are using the data and resources on prisonhistory.org. Please use the comment box below to provide any further feedback. Alternatively, you can get in touch using the form on the 'Contact Us' page. We would be delighted to hear from you.