history
Prisons soon became overcrowded and dirty like early European dungeons. By the 19th century the prison's role was to "reform" inmates into model citizens by providing things that they would get in real life. They included things like education, work, and counseling.
16th and 17th centuries:
- Punishments tended to be public events, they were designed to shame the person in front of their peers; included the ducking stool, the pillory, whipping, branding and the stocks.
18th centuries:
- Jeremy Bentham, and others believed that the prisoner should suffer a severe regime. However it should not cause harm to the prisoner's health. The separation of men and women were approved as well as conditions relating to public health sanitation, by Penal reformers.
19th centuries:
- In 1842 Pentonville prison was built using the panopticon design; this prison is still used today.
20th centuries:
- The borstal system was introduced in the Prevention of Crime Act in 1908. It would allow a young person to work through a series of grades, based on privileges, until released.
- Punishments tended to be public events, they were designed to shame the person in front of their peers; included the ducking stool, the pillory, whipping, branding and the stocks.
18th centuries:
- Jeremy Bentham, and others believed that the prisoner should suffer a severe regime. However it should not cause harm to the prisoner's health. The separation of men and women were approved as well as conditions relating to public health sanitation, by Penal reformers.
19th centuries:
- In 1842 Pentonville prison was built using the panopticon design; this prison is still used today.
20th centuries:
- The borstal system was introduced in the Prevention of Crime Act in 1908. It would allow a young person to work through a series of grades, based on privileges, until released.