Victorian Age Prisons
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Victorian Age Prisons
Prisons in the 19th Century London
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Why Victorian Prisons?
Victorian Prisons were built for a variety of reasons
• Crimes Increased from 5,000 crimes per year in 1800 to 20,000 in 1840
• Lowering the execution rates• Lowering the amount of
people sent to Australia and the New World
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The Prison Reformation
Prisons Underwent Change in the Victorian Age
BeforeUnorganized
Only for prisoners awaiting trialsBadly kept
UnsafeUncared for
AfterOrganizedFully kept
Large safety measuresMore convicted prisoners
Looked afterLarge staff (guards, cooks)
Prison Blueprints
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H.M. Prison •Grey is the old buildings• Pink is the new buildings
Hospital
Flour Mill
Eating House
Laundry
Bakery
Kitchen
Court YardLaundry
Exercise Yards
Carpenter Shop
Paper Shop
Safety Measures
• Walls• Cells• Guards• Chains• Occupying
– Hard Labor– Long Dull work– Forced Silence
• Exercising– Releases stress– Releases energy
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Methods that are still used today were common for Victorian Prisons
Crime and Punishment
• Children• Women• Men
• Reformation Schools• Women’s Prison• Prison
The people who were sent to prison changed in the 19th century. Before it was merely people awaiting trial but then it began taking in sentenced prisoners. The crimes committed ranged from petty theft to more sever felonies.
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Before the changes were made prison was disorderly
Daily Life in Prisons• Prisoners had strict schedules– Set wake up– Set meals
• Times and foods decided by prison
• No alcohol– Set work
• Labor, specifically hard-labor– Set exercise– Set religious activities
• Required mass services– Set family/friend visits
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Prisons in Great ExpectationsNewgate Prison
“It was visiting time when Wemmick took me in; and a potman was going his rounds with beer; and the prisoners, behind bars in the yards, were buying beer, and talking to friends; and a frouzy, ugly,
disorderly, depressing scene it was.” (Dickens,p.257)
• Showing the prisons before the Prison reformation• Pip’s views of the Prison• Bad state• Alcohol Allowed• Unorganized
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