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Research Topics on: prisons

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Books on: prisons

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  • Prison
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...2005 the growth of the prison population appeared to...in federal and state prisons, only a 4.6% increase...the growth of the state prison population. An additional...The rapid increase in prison population has led some...private contractors operate prisons. These private prisons...
     
  • Howard, John , English Prison Reformer
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    HOWARD, JOHN , English prison reformer 1726 90, English prison reformer. He had great influence in improving sanitary conditions and securing humane treatment in prisons throughout Europe. He was responsible (1774) for persuading...
     
  • Dartmoor Prison
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    DARTMOOR PRISON English prison, at Princetown, Devonshire, built (1806 9) to house French captives...and 1816 about 1,500 American and French prisoners died in the prison and were buried in a field beyond the prison walls. Unoccupied for...
     
  • Libby Prison
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    LIBBY PRISON in Richmond, Va., a Confederate prison for captured Union officers in the American Civil War. It...nonexistent. Thousands died there. Except for Andersonville Prison, Ga., Libby Prison was the most notorious in the Confederacy...
     
  • Fleet Prison
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    FLEET PRISON former jail in London, England. Rebuilt...the 17th cent. it was notable as a debtors prison. Fleet marriages were clandestine and irregular ceremonies performed at Fleet Prison by debtor clergymen. Although not illegal...
     

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