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Prison System in Antebellum America

Prison System in Antebellum America. By: Daniel Valencia. Problems. Problems From Reformers. Before, cells were made without any bench, table or a bed. Prisons faced over crowding and inadequate funding. Led to riots, mass escapes and assaults on prison guards. Solutions. Solutions.

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Prison System in Antebellum America

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  1. Prison System in Antebellum America By: Daniel Valencia

  2. Problems

  3. Problems From Reformers • Before, cells were made without any bench, table or a bed. • Prisons faced over crowding and inadequate funding. • Led to riots, mass escapes and assaults on prison guards

  4. Solutions

  5. Solutions • After War of 1812, Boston and N.Y. moved children into juvenile detention centers. • The new Prison Reform was made by Louis Dwight. • Boston Prison Discipline Society

  6. Impacts • Dorthea Dix campaigned for mentally ill patients. • “ The insane were confined in this Commonwealth in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens beaten with rods, lased into obedience.” • Helped establish five hospitals in America • Went to Europe and pleaded for human rights to the Pope and Queen Victoria. • In 1841 was the beginning of Eastern Lunatic Asylum and this was the most publicly supported psychiatric hospital.

  7. Sources • http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/57125/prison_problems_of_the_past_and_present.html?cat=37 • http://www.ushistory.org/us/26d.asp

  8. Questions • Who made the prison reform? • What were the problems with prison systems? • What were some solutions to help the prisons?

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