Do you have an ancestor who was a warder or prisoner on St Helena Island?
We can provide you with comprehensive, written personal profile, with information sourced from the St Helena Island Community’s digital database of the St Helena Island Penal Establishment. Our database contains information on over 6000 prisoners and over 400 prisoner warders within St Helena Penal Establishment, sourced from original prison records.
For $25, we will provide you with a detailed written profile containing historical images and prison plans as well as information regarding:
- Personal and family details
- Crimes and sentences
- St Helena arrival and departure dates
- Administration and other prison numbers
- Employment and roles in the prison
- Misdemeanours and punishments
- Prison events that detail daily life inside the prison
- Rules and regulations
Fill out the form below with your name and contact details and the name of the St Helena Island person who you would like to have researched. Purchase your $25 profile through our shop and we will email you a .pdf of the completed profile. As these profiles are written specifically for your enquiry, please allow 2 weeks.
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