Prisons, Crime and Punishment
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- Created on: 25-01-22 22:09
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Utilitarian Prisons
a) Functions of prisons
- Wakefield: prisons are colleges of crime
- A debate about the function of prisons and how prisoner should experience incarceration.
- A deterrent climate?
- Prisons had varying prisoners: men, women, children, mentall ill, serious and petty, people awaiting trial.
- Each prison was run by a gaoler. They made up their own rules, making each prison different.
b) Forced Labour
- The Crank: Prisoner forced to turn a crank handle repeatedly as a form of punishment.
- Picking Oakum: Prisoners given…
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