CRJ 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sing Sing, Eastern State Penitentiary, Allegheny Commons (Pittsburgh)
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Single cells (making greater use of square footage; fitting more prisoners) Congregate system: working together, but not able to communicate with each other. Contamination: have a lot of injuries; attempt to prevent communication causes too much trouble. Early modern prisons: pennsylvania and new york models. The walnut street jail and the pennsylvania system: philadelphia, pa, 1773, operated as jail, many scholars regard as first prison , dr. benjamin rush. Led change through philadelphia society for alleviating the miseries of. Public prisons: ideally was to be operated based on quaker religious beliefs. Emphasized reflective study of bible and lack of violence: general assembly of pennsylvania (1789) Enacted legislation based on recommendations from rush. Pennsylvania model was born: ideal: philosophy of penitence, reality: crowding, idleness. The pennsylvania prison model (separate system: western state penitentiary. Devised to operate in solitary and separate fashion. Reduction of communication for fear of contamination . Problems with architecture and operation allowed contact: eastern state penitentiary.
