English Local Prisons, 1860-1900: Next Only to DeathThe local prisons of the latter half of the nineteenth century refined systems of punishment so harsh that one judge considered the maximum penalty of two years local imprisonment to be the most severe punishment known to English law: "next only to death". This work examines how private perceptions and concerns became public policy. It also traces the move in English government from the rural and aristocratic to the urban and more democratic. It follows the rise of the powerful elite of the higher civil service, describes some of the forces that attempted to oppose it, and provides a window through which to view the process of state formation. |
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Page 50
... governor's absence , and alleged that the hulks were in a state of lawlessness and moral depravity , including ( though it was referred to elliptically ) widespread homosexuality . 105 3 Hansard , CLXII , cols 976-80 ; 23 April 1861 ...
... governor's absence , and alleged that the hulks were in a state of lawlessness and moral depravity , including ( though it was referred to elliptically ) widespread homosexuality . 105 3 Hansard , CLXII , cols 976-80 ; 23 April 1861 ...
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... governor of the colony : " He [ the former governor ] sees no difficulty in sending any number of convicts to that colony . There is ample space for them . It is under the Crown . As for women , he says that plenty of Irish girls will ...
... governor of the colony : " He [ the former governor ] sees no difficulty in sending any number of convicts to that colony . There is ample space for them . It is under the Crown . As for women , he says that plenty of Irish girls will ...
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... governor by an imprisoned soldier who had the reputation of being a chronic liar ) provided the necessary weight of ... governor nor the chaplain believed in the alleged plot , and that the governor had been " entirely deceived " by it ...
... governor by an imprisoned soldier who had the reputation of being a chronic liar ) provided the necessary weight of ... governor nor the chaplain believed in the alleged plot , and that the governor had been " entirely deceived " by it ...
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... governor , assembled the prisoners in the chapel to explain the new arrangements . To bring a large group of prisoners together to inform them of a deterioration in their condition was a risky course , and from the account in the governor's ...
... governor , assembled the prisoners in the chapel to explain the new arrangements . To bring a large group of prisoners together to inform them of a deterioration in their condition was a risky course , and from the account in the governor's ...
Page 83
... governor's and surgeon's journals were used to support criticisms . A few days before the Sessions the surgeon recorded an action , taken on grounds of urgent medical necessity , which substantially nullified the new system . There was ...
... governor's and surgeon's journals were used to support criticisms . A few days before the Sessions the surgeon recorded an action , taken on grounds of urgent medical necessity , which substantially nullified the new system . There was ...
Contents
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CARNARVON AND NATIONAL PENAL POLICY | 97 |
THE SOCIAL AND PENAL IDEAS OF SIR EDMUND | 149 |
THE FLAWED PROSPECTUS | 188 |
Discipline labour and instruction | 235 |
Health dietary and discharge arrangements | 282 |
Special categories | 335 |
THE JUSTICES REACT TO NATIONALIZATION | 432 |
THE COMMITTEES ATTEMPT TO ORGANIZE | 481 |
TRIUMPH OF THE CLERKS | 509 |
THE CALL FOR A PRISON INQUIRY | 549 |
PERSONALITIES AND PREOCCUPATIONS | 585 |
COMPOUNDING ERRORS | 615 |
AFTERMATH | 649 |
THE FINAL ACT | 697 |
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