Prisoners records northern Ireland help!

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Member Since: September 2017 Posts: 10 Send Message	John	Report	1 Jan 2019 18:25
	Hi there One branch of my family tree seemed to be career criminals which I find very interesting. Does anybody know if Ireland and more specifically Northern Ireland police took photos of their prisoners from let’s say 1870-1970?? For drink and theft related offences. I believe I would have to go to public records office Northern Ireland for these , but it would be worth it f they had photos!! Thanks very much in advance John
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,503 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	1 Jan 2019 19:44
	Have you tried contacting the Records Office to ask? I would doubt that records as recent as 1970 would be publicly available, in any case.
Member Since: January 2008 Posts: 2,697 Send Message	Andysmum	Report	2 Jan 2019 15:12
	PRONI has an on-line, searchable catalogue, containing 1,000,000 records. You might find out if they hold what you are looking for, before travelling to Belfast. Good luck!