Raynors HCA 2019-01
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Booklet, 6” x 9”, “Pennsylvania Prison Society, The Journal of Prison Disciplin, January 1906, Philadelphia, Pa. 122pp. VG. Founded in 1787 as the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, the Pennsylvania Prison Society quickly became a leading advocate for the humane and salutary treatment of the incarcerated. From the restructuring of the Walnut Street Jail in the eighteenth century, to the construction and oversight of the Eastern State Penitentiary in the nineteenth, and its ongoing work as a social casework agency, the society’s efforts shaped correctional practices in Pennsylvania and beyond.
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