From Tuesday 4th to Saturday 15th January 2011, the Jail will close its doors to the public as improvements are made to the building. This will be the first time the 19th century courthouse and prison has closed for more than one day since it re-opened as a visitor attraction 21 years ago in 1989. The renovation...

The life and death masks of famous 19th century serial killers, William Burke & William Hare, are now on show at Scotland’s spookiest prison Inveraray Jail, in time for Halloween weekend. The two plaster head masks, along with a hangman’s noose, were discovered at the jail last year following the...

Records holding details of over 4000 prisoners who served sentences at Inveraray Jail between 1820 and 1890 have become available in a child friendly digital format for use in primary education. From slate board to ipad! Ictopus, a free web based information communications technology (ICT) support service for...

An on-going visitor poll at the Jail, has estimated that the majority of its visitors over the last 18 months would most like to share a cell with their spouse or partner. Marilyn & Billy in Inveraray! See below! The poll gives visitors to the 19th century courthouse and living prison in Argyll the opportunity...

Inveraray Jail is set to appear on TV3, a major Russian cable TV channel, following a special visit from their film crew. The Jail will feature on the channel’s new travel guide show. The channel, which reaches 60 million viewers in Russia, regularly features programmes devoted to myths, legends and traditions...

Fell from the sky! Prison warder Adam Trela witnessed an unusual fish, 60cm long, fall from the sky this morning (1st June) into the grounds of the Jail. It is assumed to have been dropped by a sea bird. Alex Blackman, manager of the neighbouring Sea Life Sanctuary in Oban, identified the fish as a red bandfish...

With a view to raising funds for the band, 15 brave people from Inveraray & District’s Grade 1 band agreed to spend the night in the reputedly very haunted Inveraray Jail. T.V.s “Most Haunted” programme had visited the Jail previously and the experts had encountered a great deal of ghostly...

The Jail has begun its search for budding actors as the Inveraray Jail School Competition gets underway. Matron and Prisoner The prison matron and one of the jail’s prisoners will escape for five days across the next two weeks to embark on an exciting school roadshow. The two jail guides, who will also be...

Raring to go?! On Sunday 9th May 2010, keen runners fled from prison as the Inveraray Jail Break race returned to Argyll for a second year. First place male category winners failed to beat last year’s records whilst all three first place female category winners beat the records. The warder rings the...

Inveraray Jail, a 19th century prison, museum and popular visitor attraction in Argyll, is running an election opinion poll in a quest to predict who the winning party will be. Voting forms are currently on display throughout the jail showing images of the party leaders behind bars, including Gordon Brown, David...