INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTION CHAPTER 4 Flashcards
the only early Roman place of confinement which is built under the main sewer of Rome in 64 B.C.
MAMMERTINE PRISON
fortress that was built on the rocky islet of lf, 2 miles off the French port of Marseilles. In 1580 it was taken into use as a state prison for those convicted of serious political and religious crimes.
CHATEAU D’LF
a house of correction in Ghen, Belgium which separate adult from juveniles and women from men, an innovation to prison system during the 1600s.
MAISON DE FORCE
- it was established in 1873 as the first adult female correctional facility in the country.
- As of 2005 it had an average daily population of 420 inmates, most of whom are members of special-needs populations, such as geriatic, mentally ill, pregnant, and juveniles sentenced as adults.
- Security levels range from medium to maximum.
INDIANA WOMEN’S PRISON
Prison divided into cells and first established in the year 1704 at the Hospital of St. Michael during the reign of Pope Clement XI; prototype of reformatories for juvenile offenders.
HOSPICIO DE SAN MICHELLE
originally constructed as a detention jail in Philadelphia. It was converted into a state prison and became the first American Penitentiary.
WALNUT STREET JAIL
*the most notorious prison in the world in terms of the harshness of its regime and position.
* The island is situated in the Atlantic off the coast of French Guiana (N.E. coastline of S. America) and was in use from 1852 to 1946.
DEVIL’S ISLAND
the prison is located on an island in San Francisco Bay. It was built for the military in the 1850’s and used by them, as a fort and a prison until 1933 when it passed to the Department of Justice and became a civil prison until it was closed in 1963.
ALCATRAZ
Jeremy Bentham was founder of the British Utilitarianism movement which suggested that laws should be evaluated to ensure that they are ethical and useful.
INSPECTION HOUSE
Cell block architectural design to avoid contact with other prisoners. Imposes solitary confinement and severe discipline Inmates are on contract – convict lease system with work lasting for 10 hours per day and 6 days per week.
AUBURN PRISON 1821
- Inflicted aside from floggings, denial of reading materials and solitary confinement.
- The shower bath was a gadget so constructed as to drop a volume of water on the head of a locked naked offender.
- The force icy of cold water hitting the head of the offender caused so much pain and extreme shock that prisoners immediately sank into coma due to the shock and hypothermia or sudden drop in body temperature.
SINGSING PRISON
Follows the Pennsylvania System Inmates wore hoods when marching to their cells to avoid seeing other prisoners. Regimentation included lockstep and single file marching with head turned right, no visitors and mail or newspaper were allowed.
EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY
- The prison system called the “Congregate system”.
- The prisoners are confined in their own cells during the night and congregate work in shops during the day. Complete silence was enforced.
THE AUBURN PRISON SYSTEM
- The prison system called the “Solitary System”
- Prisoners are confined in single cells day and night where they lived, slept, ate, and receive religious instruction. Complete silence was also enforced. They are required to read the Bible.
THE PENNYSLVANIA PRISON SYSTEM
EARLY FORMS OF PRISONS DISCIPLINE
HARD LABOR
DEPRIVATION
MONOTONY
UNIFORMITY
MASS MOVEMENT
DEGRADATION
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
ISOLATION OR SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
