PSY328H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kingston, Ontario, Homicide, World Health Organization
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Historically, correctional discipline in canada was harsh and public: whipping/flogging, branding skin & sometimes the letter/shape branded indicated crime, pillories- standing for long time & in public. Stocks: banished to other countries, death penalty- for crimes like forgery, rape etc. & was usually done by hanging, sometimes punished or had to beg for pardon before being hanged anyways. Man accused of murdering wife and neighbor had his legs broken with club prior to being hanged: canada"s first penitentiaries. Provincial penitentiary of upper canada in kingston, on opened in. Limited diet- bread & water only when punished. Silence policy- inmates not allowed to talk to each other: penitentiary act (1868) Fauteux commission (1956)- made recommendations including that specialized personnel like psychiatrists/psychologists be hired: national parole board established in 1959. Inmates referred to only by number until 1970s: death penalty abolished (1976, a lot of reforms in sentencing in 1990s.
