From Newgate to Dannemora

From Newgate to Dannemora
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 0801475481
ISBN-13 : 9780801475481
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Book Synopsis From Newgate to Dannemora by : W. David Lewis

Download or read book From Newgate to Dannemora written by W. David Lewis and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the rise of the New York penitentiary system at a time when the United States was garnering international acclaim for its penal methods. Beginning with Newgate, an ill-fated institution built in New York City and named after the famous British prison, the author describes the development of such well-known institutions as Auburn Prison and Sing Sing, and ends with the establishment of Clinton Prison at Dannemora. In the process, he analyzes the activities and motives of such penal reformers as Thomas Eddy, the Quaker merchant who was chiefly responsible for the founding of the penitentiary system in New York; Elam Lynds, whose unsparing use of the lash made him one of the most famous wardens in American history; and Eliza W. Farnham, who attempted to base the treatment of convicts upon the pseudoscience of phrenology. The author focuses on the history of the Auburn penal system, the especially harsh and repressive regime of which was copied throughout the world in the nineteenth century.


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