{"id":143456,"date":"2021-09-04T21:57:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T19:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten-achteruit\/old-prison\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:50:07","slug":"old-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/aalten\/old-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Prinsenstraat 40, Aalten<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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The former prison on Prinsenstraat in Aalten was built in 1861 in Neoclassical style as a cantonal house of detention, featuring six cells and a gaoler\u2019s residence. In 1886, its cantonal status was revoked, but the building remained in use as a municipal prison until the Second World War. Today, the property is a private residence. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Een inventarislijst uit 1933 noemt nog \u2018meubilair en overige goederen behorend tot de gevangenis in de Achterstraat\u2019 (de oude naam van de Prinsenstraat). V\u00f3\u00f3r 1861 bevond het plaatselijke cachot zich aan de Landstraat<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1937, G.H. Rots described in a series of articles how things were handled in Aalten in earlier times. Regarding the old prison, he wrote: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFor cantonal court matters, one did not have to walk far. After all, the cantonal judge sat in our good village, and the cantonal court<\/a> was held in the town hall. The prison in Aalten was also equipped for the detention of prisoners for longer than twenty-four hours. A gaoler was appointed for this purpose, and for many years Wessel te Brake held this post. To ensure the proper fulfillment of the feeding and care of the prisoners, he had to sign a contract and provide several sureties. As a matter of interest, we publish the transcript of this contract here: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between the Board of Supervision of the house of detention in Aalten on the one hand, and Wessel te Brake, gaoler of the prisoners residing in Aalten, on the other, the following contract has been entered into today regarding the maintenance of the prisoners during the year 1862, at the price of fifty cents per prisoner per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article One.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Contractor undertakes to provide feeding and nursing for the prisoners in the aforementioned house, providing each of them daily with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n