The State of the Prisons - 200 Years On - 9780415051873

Taylor & Francis

In 1777 John Howard wrote The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, with Preliminary Observations and an Account of Some Foreign Prisons. Two centuries later, this extraordinary document commemorates his achievements in campaigning for reform.\n In the spirit of Howard himself, the Howard League for Penal Reform have compiled detailed observations of prisons from Sweden to South Africa, and from India to Nicaragua. The result is a valuable resource which includes unique insights into previously undocumented prison regimes.\n > Introduction, Andrew Rutherford; Chapter 1 Maidstone Prison, England, Dick Whitfield; Chapter 2 The Indian Prison, Mike Maguire; Chapter 3 The Sluzewiec Prison in Warsaw, Poland, Monika Platek; Chapter 4 Helderstroom Prison, South Africa, Dirk Van Zyl Smit; Chapter 5 Breda Prison, Holland, Anton M. Van Kalmthout, Dirk Van Der Landen; Chapter 6 Matagalpa Prison, Nicaragua, Ginny Baumann, Kevin Bales; Chapter 7 Nyk\u00D6Ping Closed Neighbourhood Prison, Se