CRM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Solitary Confinement

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 100
• Professor: Tammy Landau

Document Summary

European roots of the use of imprisonment - initially focused on punishing the body through torture or public displays of shame shift to depriving people of their liberty as a form of punishment - in the united states (in. Pennsylvania) the shift included replacing capital punishment with life imprisonment as a more humane approach to physical punishment. In north america, two distinct models emerged: the separate/pennsylvania system: inmates worked in isolation from both society, and from each other - reading the bible and silence will lead them to moral reformation. Largely abandoned in contemporary corrections, except for the provision of solitary confinement in most canadian institutions: the auburn/collective system: hard work will lead to moral reformation. Inmates worked alongside other inmates, but could not speak. The model for most canadian prisons, with the exception of solitary confinement inside the prison system.