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Prison - Five Hundred Years of Life Behind Bars (Hardcover)
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Prison - Five Hundred Years of Life Behind Bars (Hardcover)
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This compelling history of our most feared institution charts the
growth of prisons across the country: castle dungeons and decaying
hulks, the dreadful Fleet and Marshalsea of Dickens' novels and the
soulless structures of Dartmoor and Reading Gaol. Drawing on rarely
seen material from The National Archives, it vividly portrays
aspects of prison life that stayed constant for centuries: loss of
liberty, privacy and comfort; hard labour; restricted rations; and,
solitary confinement; corporal punishment and execution - as well
as tracing key developments such as Jeremy Bentham's panopticon,
the Victorian spate of prison-building, and successive reform Acts.
The book also relates the curiosities, abuses and scandals that
occurred within prison walls, from the racking of Henry VIII's
enemies to the force-feeding of Suffragettes centuries later. At
the heart of the book are dramatic stories of the men, women and
children who lived - and died - behind bars. Their extraordinary
tales range from those of political prisoners incarcerated in the
Tower of London to celebrities such as Oscar Wilde who wrote so
movingly of his imprisonment at Reading Gaol. "Prison" tells the
stories of wartime convicts, suffragettes and highwaymen, cult
criminals such as The Krays and 'ordinary' prisoners like armed
robber James Edward Spiers - who in 1930 committed suicide at
Wandsworth Gaol in front of a group of JPs gathered to see him
receive 15 lashes. There are also fascinating accounts of officers,
governors and executioners as well as reformers like John Howard
and Elizabeth Fry, who spent their lives seeking to improve the lot
of prisoners within.
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