Video 4 Flashcards
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the only early Roman place of confinement which is built under the main sewer of Rome in 64 B.C.
Mammertine Prison
In 1580 it was taken into use as a state prison for those convicted of serious political and religious crimes.
CHATEAU D’LF (Shat o-deef ) 1524
most popular workhouse in London which was built for the employment of English Prisons
Bridwell Workhouse (1557)
house of correction in Ghent, Belgium which separate adult from juveniles and women from men,
MAISON DE FORCE (1627)
9 fortress that was built on the rocky islet of If, 2 miles off the French port of Marseilles.
CHATEAU D’LF (Shat o-deef)
an innovation to prison system during the 1600s.
MAISON DE FORCE (1627)
was established in 1873 as the first adult female correctional facility in the country
INDIANA WOMEN’S PRISON
As of 2005 it had an average daily population of 420 inmates, most of whom are members of special-needs
populations, such as geriatric, mentally ill, pregnant, and juveniles
sentenced as adults.
- Security levels range from medium to maximum.
- The prison holds Indiana’s only death row for women; however, no Indiana woman is currently sentenced to
death
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 (1704)
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
DEVIL’S ISLAND
Other known for alcatraz
The rock
was built for the military in the 1850’s and used by them, as a fort and a prison
ALCATRAZ
- 1850 the prison is located on an island in San Francisco Bay.
ALCATRAZ
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
became the
first American Penitentiary.
WALNUT STREET JAIL
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.
SINGSING PRISON
shower bath was a gadget so constructed as to drop a volume of water on the head of a locked naked
offender.
SINGSING PRISON
force of icy 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
- It is where the inmates are required to read the bible each day and not allowed to go out.
EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY
Inmates wore hoods when marching to their cells to avoid seeing other prisoners
EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY
Regimentation included lockstep and single file marching with head turned right No visitors and mail or
newspapers were allowed
EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY
