Thomas Fowell Buxton, M. P. (1786-1845) was a philanthropist who
had many connections with the Quaker movement through the family of
his wife, who was the sister of Henry Gurney and Elizabeth Fry. He
was a passionate opponent of slavery, and campaigned to end it at a
time when most British people believed that enough had been done by
the abolition of slave trading in 1807. His other great interest
was the punishment of crime: he wanted the death sentence
abolished, and his campaign succeeded in reducing the number of
capital crimes from over two hundred to eight. This book is a plea
for a complete change in the purpose and operation of prisons, and
an argument (still valid today) that prisons actually encourage
crime and produce recidivists rather than reformed characters.
Buxton draws on own his experience as a visitor to produce a
harrowing account of Victorian prison conditions.
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