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  2. Prison reform - Wikipedia

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    Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, ... In Hamburg, a different pattern occurred with the spinhaus in 1669, to which only infamous ...

  3. Penitentiaries, Reformatories, and Chain Gangs - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, the author explores the difference between punishing criminals and trying to rehabilitate them. He also looks at how women were treated in reform institutions and how convict leasing and chain gangs in the South continued the practices of slavery, especially for black prisoners. [1] [2] [4]

  4. The Rise of the Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    This book explores the ideas used to justify imprisoning people as punishment in the early United States. Hirsch, the author, uses Massachusetts as the template. He traces how ideas about prisons transition from being discussed in theory to becoming physical buildings and implemented systems.

  5. Society and Prisons: Some Suggestions for a New Penology

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    The book intensified Osborne's interest in prisons and prison reform. In 1913, William Sulzer was elected Governor of New York and planned to reform the state's penal system. Osborne suggested the formation of a prison commission. Sulzer followed this suggestion and offered Osborne the chairmanship of the commission.

  6. Timeline of Hamburg - Wikipedia

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    13 September: Hamburg-Neugraben and Hamburg-Sasel subcamps of the Neuengamme concentration camp established. The prisoners were Jewish women. [50] [51] 13 September: Women prisoners of the Hamburg-Veddel subcamp moved to other subcamps in Hamburg and Wedel. [48] 15 September: 2,000 male prisoners deported to the Hamburg-Veddel subcamp of ...

  7. Category:Prison reformers - Wikipedia

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    British prison reformers (36 P) P. Prison abolitionists (41 P) Pages in category "Prison reformers" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.

  8. Prisons in Germany - Wikipedia

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    They were Zuchthaus (prison), Gefängnis (prison), Einschließung (jail), Arbeitshaus (workhouse), and Haft (custody). A Zuchthaus was a prison of hard, physically exerting labor, such as breaking rocks, where prisoners had to work, even to the point of collapse. This was repealed by a reform of the penal code, which took effect on March 31, 1970 .

  9. International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The IPPF's members are experts in penal and penitentiary matters from around the world such as judges, officials in the prison system, and academics. The IPPF holds consultative status at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, the United Nations Economic and Social Council , and the Council of Europe .