not use public executions as a warning. Crazy, huh? Public Hanging was abolished in 1868 and the Bloody Code was finished. 6. How to waste time. 19th Century style. The final part of Peel’s major reforms came with changes to how Prisons would work. In the Tudor times, Prisons were very much an afterthought for punishment. Yet as the Industrial Revolution went on they became a key part of punishment thanks to the work of three people who helped cause a number of changes Name Work Impact John Howard Howard was responsible for Prisons Howard’s work was taken quite in Bedfordshire and made a tour of seriously and his book was them in the He published a referenced in Parliament a number book in 1777 that highlight the of times. In 1823 as part of Peel’s major problems (Disease is high, reforms a number of changes were prisoners are mistreated and made to Prisons that reflected – prisoners learn more about crime Howard’s ideas Prisons had to be from others) and gave a series of secure and healthy, Prisoners are to recommendations (Get prisoners to be kept apart, doctors, teachers work and think about what they’ve and churchmen are to visit the done, clean up Prisons, look after prisoners regularly and attempts the prisoners) should be made to reform the Prisoners. Elizabeth Fry Fry visited prisons and was shocked A lot of people did mock Fry for by the conditions she found. She her efforts, but she also gained a spent her time getting prisoners to lot of respect. She also made clean the cells and taught them people realise that conditions in how to knit socks. She also made prisons were far too harsh and that sure that female prisoners could it was possible to change the learn how to read and write behaviour of prisoners for the better and maybe that was a better idea that letting ¼ of them die! George O. Worked in Gloucester in the 1780s Gloucester Prison became the Paul to design a new type of Prison. Paul that pretty much all other prisons was disgusted with conditions same built in the 19th Century were as Howard and came up with a based on and his ideas were widely number of ideas. He designed his copied. prison so that the Walls were 5.4m tall to make sure escapes was not possible. He also created ventilated cells and open spaces to allow fresh air in the prison to help keep
not use public executions as a warning. Crazy, huh? Public Hanging was abolished in 1868 and the Bloody Code was finished. 6. How to waste time. 19th Century style. The final part of Peel’s major reforms came with changes to how Prisons would work. In the Tudor times, Prisons were very much an afterthought for punishment. Yet as the Industrial Revolution went on they became a key part of punishment thanks to the work of three people who helped cause a number of changes Name Work Impact John Howard Howard was responsible for Prisons in Bedfordshire and made a tour of them in the He published a book in 1777 that highlight the major problems (Disease is high, prisoners are mistreated and prisoners learn more about crime from others) and gave a series of recommendations (Get prisoners to work and think about what they’ve done, clean up Prisons, look after the prisoners) Howard’s work was taken quite seriously and his book was referenced in Parliament a number of times. In 1823 as part of Peel’s reforms a number of changes were made to Prisons that reflected Howard’s ideas – Prisons had to be secure and healthy, Prisoners are to be kept apart, doctors, teachers and churchmen are to visit the prisoners regularly and attempts should be made to reform the Prisoners. Elizabeth Fry Fry visited prisons and was shocked by the conditions she found. She spent her time getting prisoners to clean the cells and taught them how to knit socks. She also made sure that female prisoners could learn how to read and write A lot of people did mock Fry for her efforts, but she also gained a lot of respect. She also made people realise that conditions in prisons were far too harsh and that it was possible to change the behaviour of prisoners for the better and maybe that was a better idea that letting ¼ of them die! George O. Paul Worked in Gloucester in the 1780s to design a new type of Prison. Paul was disgusted with conditions same as Howard and came up with a number of ideas. He designed his prison so that the Walls were 5.4m tall to make sure escapes was not possible. He also created ventilated cells and open spaces to allow fresh air in the prison to help keep Gloucester Prison became the that pretty much all other prisons built in the 19th Century were based on and his ideas were widely copied.
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