Leture7, penitentiaries system

Question 1

In England before 1775, w/imprisonemennt what?

Answer 1

Long-term imprisonment was only used for debtors who were held in debtors’ prisons. And long-term imprisonment was not practiced as crimes were punishable by death or banishement

Question 2

Jeremy Bentham

Answer 2

(1748-1832), early 19th c. British social reformer and Utilitarian philosopher who was famous for his panopticon design that influenced 19th c. penitentiary architecture

Question 3

Panopticon prison

Answer 3

the model penitentiary that was designed in a wheel with spoked shapes created by the famous philosopher and prison reformer Jeremy Bentham. It also served as a model for later 19th c. American penitentiary architecture

Question 4

Eastern state penitentiary

Answer 4

One of the first penitentiary built in Philadelphia in 1829 based mainly on Jeremy Bentham’s ideas in which inmates were kept under strict control and isolation

Question 5

Easter state penitentiary, what happened in 1915

Answer 5

this system of strict isolation was abandoned since they started to put 2-3 men in only one cell

Question 6

Easter state penitentiary, what happened in 1956

Answer 6

the addition of a death row wing showed that their mission was abbandoned and that they only served to punish

Question 7

Easter state penitentiary, what happened in 1971

Answer 7

it closed and is now a non-profitable historical site

Question 8

Auburn system (during the 1930s)

Answer 8

an early 19th c. penitentiary system based at Aubrun penitentiary in New York City. It was mainly an alternative to the Easter state penitentiary and it emphasised on communal work in the day and solitary confinement at night

Question 9

Auburn prisoners were subjected to what 3rules?

Answer 9

subjected to hard work/communal work in groups, had to wear grey uniforms with horizontal stripes and had to walk in lockstep

Question 10

Canadian penitentiaries pursued what 4goals

Answer 10

punishment, deterrence, discipline and rehabilitation

Question 11

Kingston Penitentiary

Answer 11

(Canada’s first penitentiary was built in Kingston in 1835 and designed mainly after the Auburn system in which inmates were subjected to communal work during the day and returning back to solitary confinement at night

Question 12

Discipline at Kingston Penitentiary was very strict what are the 6points

Answer 12

prison life was regulated by clockwork
prisoners rose a dawn
put to hard communal work in the day
returned back to solitary confinement at night
disorder behaviors (laughing, talking) were punished harshly, usually with flogging the cat o nine tail
inmates were kept in tiny dark cells and fed poor quality food