Prison Reform
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- PRISON REFORM
- PRISONS IN 18TH CENTURY (1750-1820)
- Cramped conditions - disease spread easily
- SCHOOL OF CRIME
- Men, women and children in the same cells - **** and prison babies
- Luxuries could be paid for e.g. alcohol/tobacco
- Rich prisoners benefitied - could pay for prostitues and gambling
- REFORMERS
- ELIZABETH FRY
- Aimed to improve conditions in prisons for women
- 1817 - Formed the 'Association for the improvement of Female prisons' in Newgate and other prisons
- Rules for women to obey in prison
- Female warders
- Clothing and furniture provided
- Schools for women and children focussing on religious education
- Regular work for women in prison
- 1823 - Compulsory to have women warders, 1835 - inspectors employed to supervise conditions in gaols, 1853 - Brixton prison opened solely for women
- JOHN HOWARD
- Published book; 'State of the prisons in England and Wales' in 1777
- Highlighted the dangers of prison and the conditons
- REFORM WANTED
- Running water
- Clean and hygienic conditions
- Medical treatment avaliable
- Prisoners to work hard
- Published book; 'State of the prisons in England and Wales' in 1777
- ELIZABETH FRY
- PRISONS AFTER REFORM IN 19TH CENTURY (1820-1900)
- POSITIVE CHANGES
- 1838 - Pankhurst prisons solely for children/ Borstals to stop school of crime
- Useful work - e.g. making boots - gave prisoners skills they could use when released
- Separate system - got rid of school of crime and reduced ****/prison babies
- More hygienic conditions - John Howard
- NEGATIVE CHANGES
- Pointless work - e.g. the crank - drove people insane
- Silent system - stripped people of identity so high insanity and suicide rates
- Bread and water diets
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- POSITIVE CHANGES
- PRISONS IN 18TH CENTURY (1750-1820)
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