Loneliness and Celluar Confinement in English Prisons 1878-1921

This article aims to examine the practice of cellular confinement in English prisons between 1878 and 1921. In particular, I discuss the provenance of this feature of prison discipline before looking at the actual implementation of cellular confinement in the period under consideration. Some of the...

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1. VerfasserIn: Forsythe, Bill (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch/Druck Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2004
In: The British journal of criminology
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England
Geschichte
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Isolation
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Zusammenfassung:This article aims to examine the practice of cellular confinement in English prisons between 1878 and 1921. In particular, I discuss the provenance of this feature of prison discipline before looking at the actual implementation of cellular confinement in the period under consideration. Some of the psychological effects on prisoners of this system are described, as well as some of the ways in which prisoners and staff sought to soften or evade its rigour
ISSN:0007-0955
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azh037