Cards (5)

    • Who was the key individual of protest

      ->Elizabeth Fry
      -Quaker
    • what were the methods
      Parliamentary pressure- using the influence of her mp brother in Law
      Social reform- Bible reading at newgate prison
    • What were the outcomes
      Gaols act - Gaolers Paid rather than being dependent on prisoners fees
      Female wardens put in charge of female prisoners
    • Why was it Significant
      Remarkable- Prisons Still split by Sex
      Resulting- changes to prison system
      Revealing- Reveals people were unhappy with prison system
    • What Social causes led to Prison Reforms?
      ->Hundreds of women and children huddled on the floor in two cells
      ->Prisoners had to cook for themselves
      ->Children sharing cells with their criminal mothers would be in cells with murderers
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