CRIM 241 Chapter Notes -Kingston Penitentiary, Prison Reform, Penitentiary Act
15 Oct 2013
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Punishment by imprisonment was rare: death penalty was common (boiling alive, drowning, corporal punishment (exile, fines) Ecclesiastical prisons run by catholic church 6th-9th century, could not shed blood so need way to take care of prisoners, hard labour, solitude, religious contemplation, strict diet, time for self-reflection. First house of corrections opened in bridewell, london 1557 believe subjecting offenders to hard labour was the best solution to rising population of criminals. Courts increasingly resorted to the death penalty in an attempt to stem the rise of what the emerging middle class saw as the dangerous classes . England s bloody code more than 350 offences were punishable by death: disposed many through transportation (a form of banishment), or confined in hulks in decommissioned sailing vessels that was converted to floating prisons. Reason: cs held that offenders exercise free will and engage in criminal behavior as a result of rational choice.
