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early Roman place of confinement which is built under the main sewer of Rome in 64 В.С.
Other places of confinement in the history of confinement include fortresses, castles, and town gates that were strongly built purposely against roving bands of raiders.
✓ Mammertine Prison
fortress that was built on the rocky islet of If, 2 miles off the French port of Marseilles
In 1580 it was taken into use as a state prison for those convicted of serious political and religious crimes.
Château d’lf 1524
The most popular workhouse
in London which was built for the employment of English prisoners
BRIDEWELL WORKHOUSE (1557)
The most popular workhouse
in London which was built for the employment of English prisoners
BRIDEWELL WORKHOUSE (1557)
a house of correction in Ghen, Belgium which separate adult from juveniles and women from men, an innovation to prison system during the 1600s.
Maison de Force (1627) -
It was established in 1873 as the first adult female correctional facility in the country.
Security levels range from medium to maximum.
prison holds Indiana’s only death row for women; however, no Indiana woman is currently sentenced to death
INDIANA WOMEN’S PRISON
. Prison divided into cells and first established in the year 1704 at the Hospital of St. Michael during the reign of Pope Clement XI; prototype of reformatories for juvenile offenders.
HOSPICIO DE SAN MICHELLE
originally constructed as a detention jail in Philadelphia. It was converted into a state prison and became the first American Penitentiary.
WALNUT STREET JAIL
- 1852 - the most notorious prison in the world in terms of the harshness of its regime and position.
• The island is situated in the Atlantic off the coast of French Guiana
use from 1852 to 1946.
Devil’s Island (Îsle du Diable)
the prison is located on an island in San Francisco Bay.
It was built for the military in the 1850’s and used by them, as a fort and a prison until 1933 when it passed to the Department of Justice and became a civil prison until it was closed in 1963.
Alcatraz (The Rock) 1850
He designed a model prison which was referred to as the “ Panopticon “.
founder of the British Utilitarianism movement which suggested that laws should be evaluated to ensure that they are ethical and useful.
Jeremy Bentham
Cell block architectural design to avoid contact with other prisoners.
Imposes solitary confinement and severe discipline Inmates are on contract- convict lease system with work lasting for 10 hours per day and 6 days per week
AUBURN PRISON 1821
Inflicted aside from floggings, denial of reading materials and solitary confinement.
The shower bath was a gadget so constructed as to drop a volume of water on the head of a locked naked offender.
The force of icy cold water hitting the head of the offender caused so much pain and extreme shock that prisoners immediately sank into coma due to the shock and hypothermia or sudden drop in body temperature.
SINGSING PRISON
Follows the Pennsylvania System Inmates wore hoods when marching to their cells to avoid seeing other prisoners
Regimentation included lockstep and single file marching with head
turned right No visitors and mail or newspapers were allowed
EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY
THE TWO RIVAL PRISON SYSTEM IN THE HISTORY OF CORRECTION
A.The Auburn Prison System
B. The Pennsylvania Prison System
- The prison system called the “Congregate system”.
- The prisoners are confined in their own cells during the night and congregate work in shops during the day. Complete silence was enforced.
A. The Auburn Prison System
The prison system called the “Solitary System”
Prisoners are confined in single cells day and night where they lived, slept, ate, and receive religious instructions. Complete silence was also enforced. They are required to read the Bible.
B. The Pennsylvania Prison System
EARLY FORMS OF PRISON DISCIPLINE
- HARD LABOR
- DEPRIVATION
- MONOTONY
- UNIFORMITY
- MASS MOVEMENT
- DEGRADATION
- CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
- ISOLATION OR SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
productive works
I. HARD LABOR-
- deprivation of everything except the bare essentials of existence
II. DEPRIVATION
- giving the same food that is “off” diet, or requiring the prisoners to perform drab or boring daily routine.
III. MONOTONY