Prison reforms

• What were prisons mainly used for in the 18th century?

  It was used for holding suspects until their trial
• Why did the use of prisons grow?

  This is because of the decline of the bloody code and concerns about transportation
• What did prisons do for the wider society?

  It was used as a deterrent and made society safer as it removed criminals
• What was widely believed that prisons should do?

  It was widely believed that prisons should involve hard work so criminals could pay society back for their crimes
• What was a common form of hard labour?

  A common form of hard labour was called the treadwheel where the prisoners walked up a wheel for repeated stints of 10 minutes at a time for 8 hours a day
• What did some prison reforms argued?


  Some prison reformed wanted prisons to be less harsh and allow for the prisoners to scope for rehabilitation