CRJ 106 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Walnut Street Prison, Solitary Confinement, Penal Labour
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Correctional institutions carefully classify inmates into treatment programs that address their needs and perceived deficiencies; where inmates can earn good time and parole. Early modern prisons and the pennsylvania and new york models. Walnut street jail (1773) philadelphia, pennsylvania: held pretrial detainees and minor offenders, failed to separate by gender, age, or offense, used the fee system (penalized the poor and led to the near starvation of some) Dr. benjamin rush believed jails could be used to reform their inmates. Carried out incarceration as punishment, implemented a rudimentary classification system, featured individual cells, and was intended to provide a place for offenders to do penance hence the term penitentiary" : housed 4 times its capacity, eventual idleness. Focus on rehabilitation, religious redemption, and work programs. Constructed a prison hospital and school for the inmates. Crowding, not single celling the most violent, and huge number of violent outbreaks.
