Presents a brief look into the history of punishment and incarceration from ancient Babylon to the penal systems in place today.
Content Note
Introduction -- Law & order BCE : punishment and incarceration in the ancient world -- Gaols and dungeons : punishment and incarceration in medieval times -- Chaotic justice : punishment and incarceration in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- First penitentiaries : England and North America create the modern prison system, 1780-1900 -- Reforms and failures : struggles within prison systems, 1900-2000.