Interview With Angela Zombek: North and South Behind Bars
By Sarah Richardson
DECEMBER 2018 • CIVIL WAR TIMES MAGAZINE
Angela Zombek
By historynet
CWT: Tell me about the pre-Civil War state of prisons.
AZ: Long term imprisonment developed at the turn of the 19th century when the middle class thought having a public pillory wasn’t a good idea anymore because the danger in that, or in having a public execution, is arousing sympathy for criminals. Penitentiaries and a long-term system of punishment develops. Corporal punishment and executions moved behind penitentiary walls, away from the public.
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