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Conditions in prisons in 18th century
- All criminals mixed/petty-serious men women children
- Disease ridden
- Unsanitry
- Privately owned jails
- The bloody code
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Prison reformers
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Elizabeth Fry
- Sewing for women
- Carried on J Howard's work
- Schools for children
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Jonas Hanaway
- Belief in solitary confinement
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John howard
- Campaigns for better conditions 1770s
- Run for profit not reform
- Harsh
- Awaiting transportation
- 1779 Penitentiary Act
- This was the start of rehabilitation rather than punishment
- Prior to this children age 7 were treated as adults
- his 1774 report on prisons shocked Britain
- Gave central government a direct interest in local prisons
- 5 inspectors were employed to implement the act
- 1791 General prisons Act
- Prison inspectors act 1835
- Goal act 1823
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Penal experiments in the new world America
- The Tread wheel
- The separate system
- The silent system
- Juvenile offenders Act 1847