Old Town Jail Tour

I actually took this tour last weekend and that was the most I got out of being a tourist as I was called in to work on Sunday and was catching up with sleep on Saturday.

I finally have time to talk about this tour!

Honestly, I thought this was a rip-off mostly because there was really not much to see. This was an okay 1/2 hour tour...

Old Town Jail was built and opened in 1847 due to overcrowding at the Tollbooth Jail

This place was used as the only military prison of Scotland from 1888-1935 and was renovated in the early 1990s. When this place first opened, the prison cell didn't have "real" beds.

Criminals were branded, whipped, and hanged publicly even if your crime was petty. If you were in here, they made sure others know you were here after you leave prison.

The guards and the Inspector of the prison made sure all the inmates were never comfortable or happy, did lots of monotonous manual labor all day long, had strict schedule and routine, and ate coarse food.

By the 1900s, Prison cells evolved to this.