There was no real prison Thouars before installation of the central house in the castle in 1872.
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| Door to Prevost |
However, those arrested and sentenced to Thouars Bressuire by the court were to be imprisoned for some time. Thus the two towers: at the door and Prevost turn Prince of Wales harbored individuals. Given its poor condition, the first was in service on a short term (early XIX). The second lost his office at the end of the nineteenth century after keeping within its walls and the salt smugglers from the Middle Ages.
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| Tower Prince of Wales |
A guardian appointed by the Prefect, paid by the state, was responsible for guarding them. Straw for bedding, bread and water as food ...
Prisoners at lengthy term of imprisonment and death sentence were just passing, started on 1 January 1837: Fontevraud transfer for the majority of them, but Rochefort, Ile de Re ...
A number of documents illustrate this: a letter from the mayor the deputy prefect of Bressuire of 2 December 1815 on the conduct of Sieur Lacolle (prison guard Thouars), a prefectural April 14, 1825 appointing the Sieur Rosière its functions as guardian and a report of 1 December 1815 of two individuals of Maasai, who were arrested for shouting "Long Live the Emperor" in the Dolphin inn, or even an escape "spectacular" two conscript deserters in the night of 2 Messidor XII (June 21, 1804) ...
Source: site of the town of Thouars: http://www.ville-thouars.fr /
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