CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Eastern State Penitentiary, Auburn Correctional Facility, Penal Transportation
17 Apr 2016
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14-15th centuries: rise in use of death penalty. Rushe and kircheimer: punishment and social structure (1939) John howard (1726-1790) : the state of the prison (1777: penal reformer who documented the state of prison conditions at a time where convicts were dying of diseases. Established the idea of having a single cell for one prisoner. Using prison as a form of punishment to take a life and soul by keeping them locked up. Pennsylvania model (eastern state penitentiary: people should meet god and recognize all the evil they have done, everyone was isolated, no one spoke. Alexis de tocqueville (1805-1859: french prison system. If there is one guy who has been committed of murder then the rest will kill him irst because they would be in an accomplice of a murderer. But there is no point in killing him but for justice the group must kill him so they can survive and create justice.
