01:202:204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Penal Labour, Auburn Correctional Facility, Zebulon Brockway
7 Nov 2017
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Before there were prisons: ancient societies did not have a well-de ned criminal justice system that dealt with those who violated the law, corporal punishment, economic punishment, torture, flogging, branding, mutilation, humiliation, shock death. Economic punishment: the galley, workhouses, exile and transportation. Development of the penitentiary: 1780-1860: in 1829, the state of pennsylvania opened eastern state penitentiary which was characterized by the separate-and-silent system, the auburn prison, opened in new york in 1817, eventually used the congregate- and-silent system. Prison labor and public works: 1900 - 1930: the idea that work is healthy for both the inmate and society is as old as the prison. Age of rehabilitation: 1930 - 1970: rehabilitation became important because offenders were considered sick , wickersham commission prescribed reforms, federal bureau of prisons est. Retributive era: 1970s to present: the events of the 1960s caused a number of changes in social institutions. One change was the tradition hands-off policy of the courts.
