Penal servitude convicts and long-term imprisonment, 1853-1948 / Helen Johnston, Barry Godfrey, and David J. Cox.

Author/creator Johnston, Helen, 1975-
Other author Godfrey, Barry S.
Other author Cox, David J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMontreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Descriptionix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Imprisonment--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Imprisonment--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Prisons--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Prisons--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Prisoners--Great Britain. --Social conditions. --19th century.
Prisoners--Great Britain. --Social conditions. --20th century.

SeriesStates, people, and the history of social change ; 5
States, people, and the history of social change ; 5. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents The Early Origins of a National Convict Prison System, 1779-1853 -- Building the Convict Prison Estate, 1853-78 -- Life in the Convict Prison I: Regime, Labour, and Education -- Life in the Convict Prison II: Progression and Resistance, Health and Diet -- The Prison Community: Gender, Sexuality, and Class -- Release: Theory, Policy, and Practice -- Recidivism, the Convict Prison Population, and the Gladstone Committee, 1880-1932 -- Conclusion.
Abstract "Established in 1853, after the end of penal transportation to Australia, the convict prison system and the sentence of penal servitude was the most severe form of punishment--short of death--in the criminal justice system, and remained so for nearly a century. Penal Servitude is the first comprehensive study to examine the convict prison system that housed all those who were sentenced to penal servitude during this time. Helen Johnston, Barry Godfrey, and David J. Cox detail the administration and evolution of the system, from its creation in the 1850s and the building of the prison estate to the classification of prisoners within it. Exploring life in the convict prison through the experiences of the people who were subjected to it, the authors shed light on various details such as prison diet, education, and labour. What they find reveals the internal regimes; the everyday endurances, conformity, resistance, and rule breaking of convicts; and the interactions with the warders, medical officers, and governors that shaped daily life in the system. Reconstructing the life histories of hundreds of convict prisoners from detailed prison records, criminal registers, census data, and personal correspondence, Penal Servitude illuminates the lives of those who experienced long-term imprisonment in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-245) and index.
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LCCN 2022361767
ISBN9780228008422 hardcover
ISBN0228008425 hardcover
ISBN9780228009092 paperback
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