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Begining of the Penitentiary
First Penitentieary build in Pennsylvania by Quakers -
Congregated but Silent
The Auburn System in New York changed the layout of prisons since prisons populations grew. Prisoners were forced to be together but keep silence between them. -
Humanizing Prisons
During the Reformatory Era prisoners were allowed education and vocational training. Solitary confinement was now looked at as a punishment by the prisons. -
Laborning Prisoners
Incarceration cost money, this led to cheap labor conducted by prisoners. -
Punitive Prisons
In the punitive era there were more escape attempts. One reason was that prisons began to be harsher. Education, treatment, and work were now luxuries
