Title: Janet Wright, criminal record number 737LB, 16 February 1922. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, NSW Creator: New South Wales. Dept. of Prisons Date: 16 February 1922 Format: glass plate negative : b & w ; 4.75 x 6.5". Inscription: Emulsion side: J.WRIGHT.16.8.28., 737.L.B. 1 aU 00, 1 Rv 11 8, E.1, PREV PHOTO, 69.282, 118.95 AB.2, Y.1 Subject: prisoners mug shots Description: Convicted of using an instrument to procure a miscarriage. Janet Wright was a former nurse who performed illegal abortions from her house in Kippax Street, Surry Hills. One of her teenage patients almost died after a procedure and Wright was prosecuted and sentenced to 12 months hard labour. Aged 68.
