1800’s, prisons were not really prisons. They were basically holding jails where prisoners were sent until they were either found guilty of a crime or released from jail. Although there are similarities between prisons back then and prisons today, they also had many differences as well. With many similarities and differences, the treatment of prisoners between the times is the biggest difference of them all. In the early 1800’s, prisoners were not only subjected to being thrown in prison, they were…
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