In the 19th century, the number of people ... prisons two different regimes were used to try to reform prisoners. Beaumaris was the first new prison in Wales in 1830. Cardiff prison was built ...

In the 19th century, the number of people in prisons grew dramatically. Prison sentences became a ... two different regimes were used to try to reform prisoners. The idea was that the silence ...

What a strange hybrid of freedom and confinement, independence and control, this document embodies! Prison reform and the penitentiary itself had become deeply woven into the national fabric. The ...

A prison where inspectors found high levels of drug use and self-harm has been called "truly squalid" by a prison reform ...

At the end of the nineteenth century ... women’s suffrage, social welfare, prison reform, prohibition, and civil liberties. While the progressive promotion of public health initiatives and ...

This reflected the thoughts of the time about how best to look after and reform prisoners. Building at Barlinnie continued throughout the late 19th century, and the prison continued to expand in ...