HIST 3711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Physical Restraint, Kingston Penitentiary, Pillory
5 Apr 2016
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Prison cultures and control in the 19 th century. Insituions would not simply punish they would reform: fairly modern concept. All features of the peniteniary life was carefully scruinized: emphasis of rouine seen through images (uniformity, loss of idenity, isolaion. Pursue the tradiional goals of punishment, but now included the objecives of discipline and rehabilitaion. Warden henry smith, the brown report, and narcisse beauche. Warden henry smith (irst warden of kingston pen. : he was determined to make kingston an insitute of reform. Educated himself on what was being done elsewhere (auburn: advocated for increased government funding didn"t want just a place of coninement. Beter paid staf more training: wanted an atercare insituion to help released convicts make the transiion make into the populaion, increased technical training making it easier for prisoners to get a job upon release. His recommendaions repeatedly failed to get anywhere in the government: smith then lapsed into indiference lost his enthusiasm.
