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Newgate Prison Life and a Warder’s Kindness Examined
A critical reading of a prison memoir surveys Newgate life from the interior to Millbank, praising the governor and chaplain while condemning harsh diets and flawed classifications. It argues that prison punishment often harms society by stifling inmate labor and condemning first offenders to the same system as hardened criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newgate
London
Mr. Jones
Court of Aldermen
Court of Common Council
Aldermen
Millbank
Paddy
Dartmoor
England
Man