Bad for the health of the body, worse for the health of the mind:Female responses to imprisonment of in England 1853-1869

Upon committal to one of the newly established female convict prisons in the mid-nineteenth century, women entered a system intended to regulate them in body and in mind for the ends of reform. This article interrogates how women’s health needs were identified and contested by the prison officials a...

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Main Author: Bennett, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2020
In:Year: 2020
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