(Description) Figure 11 Recognising the difficulties faced by released prisoners in gaining employment and accommodation, from the early 1800s philanthropic societies were established to offer support. By the middle of the 1800s these had evolved into more formal Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Societies attached to local prisons, and eventually to districts. They were recognised by statute in 1862. The Glasgow Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Society, pictured here, was established in 1856.

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This black and white photograph depicts two men in an office. One of them sits behind a reception desk on the left, and the other stands beside a filing cabinet on the right. There is a wooden partition between them.