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What does this recent survey in the Daily Telegraph reveal about popular attitudes towards prisons today?  What sorts of questions would historians ask before using a source like this?.  starter activity. Describe the picture or source here.

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  1. What does this recent survey in the Daily Telegraph reveal about popular attitudes towards prisons today?  What sorts of questions would historians ask before using a source like this? starter activity Describe the picture or source here.

  2. Key words: deterrent separate v silent system rehabilitate Separate or silent?  Learning objectives TBAT explain and evaluate the differences between different approaches to prisons in C19th

  3.  Your task Watch the clip from Tony Robinson’s, ‘Crime & Punishment’ on Victorian prisons and answer the questions

  4.  Your task • Read Wilkes (p.79-80) and take notes on the characteristics of these two types of prisons: • Silent • Separate • Which of these systems would Elizabeth Fry and the prison reformers prefer?

  5. Silent Prisoners wearing a peaked cap to prevent communication Performance of boring task No communication with other prisoners Examples of tasks, treadmill, picking oakum, crank

  6. Separate Pentonville Prison plans Solitary confinement within prison cell Prison chaplain would try to convince prisoner to lead a better life Pentonville (opened 1842) model ‘separate system’ Suicide rates were high & system was expensive

  7.  Your task Prisons/ punishments getting tougher 1820 1878 Study the information in Source F on p.81. Decide if punishments got harsher or more humane and plot them on a chart. Explain your judgements.

  8.  Your task It is 1878. Imagine you are an MP. Write a speech to Parliament setting out why you think government should take control of prisons. Include the following: Description of silent and separate system References of recent reforms of prisons Explanation of the purpose of prisons in your view & why it is important for government to take control of prisons

  9.  Extension task • Conduct your own research into Jeremy Bentham and his ‘Panopticon’ – produce a factoid for your folder notes

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