In historian Robin Bernstein's new book "Freeman's Challenge," raising questions of the for-profit prison industry ...

For further information about how this publisher also connected Governor Enos T Throop, prison reformism, and the War of 1812, see The Cayuga Patriot fragment in this collection. The content in the ...

Prison reform and the penitentiary itself had become deeply woven into the national fabric. The content in the 19th Century Prison Reform Collection is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of ...

In the 19th century, the number of people in prisons grew dramatically. Prison sentences became a far more common punishment as many forms of corporal punishments died out. Many new prisons were ...

A public consultation has been launched on proposals to designate Scotland's largest prison as a category A listed building. HMP Barlinnie, in the northeast of Glasgow, is the most complete ...

In the second half of the 19th century they employed the ... that protected private property - and went to prison. From the start of the 20th century to the beginning of World War One, almost ...

HMP Barlinnie, in the northeast of Glasgow, is the most complete surviving example of a 19th century prison in Scotland and considered important in the history of Scottish prison design and ...