The Prison Service in Britain: Images of England - Softcover

Baker, Beverley; Butler, Laura

 
9780752441900: The Prison Service in Britain: Images of England
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0752441906 ISBN 13: 9780752441900
Verlag: The History Press, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Conditions inside our prisons have vastly improved since the days when prisoners worked out their sentence at the crank or the treadwheel, in total silence or in solitary confinement. From nineteenth-century mugshots to the aftermath of the Strangeways riot, this book captures more than two centuries of crime and punishment.

Featuring detailed histories of prisons such as Wandsworth, Holloway, Pentonville and Wormwood Scrubs, this collection examines prison life in all its complexity. Archive images of prisoners and 'screws' at the turn of the last century - mothers and babies exercising together in the yard, the Govenor of HM Prison Gloucester - are presented alongside the institutions of the cell, school room, chapel and hospital ward to give an in-depth insight into the conditions and daily routine of prison life.

Containing more than 200 photographs from the HM Prison Service Collection, this fascinating book is a comprehensive guide to the history of the penal service, from the medieval prison cell to the modern institutions of today, and offers a unique glimpse into the prisons of the past.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

The book has been compiled by two librarian/archivists at the NCCL Galleries of Justice in Nottingham.

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Verlag
The History Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0752441906
ISBN 13 
9780752441900
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
128
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