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Results of the System of Separate Confinement, as Administered at the Pentonville Prison
Results of the System of Separate Confinement, as Administered at the Pentonville Prison
Results of the System of Separate Confinement, as Administered at the Pentonville Prison
Results of the System of Separate Confinement, as Administered at the Pentonville Prison
Results of the System of Separate Confinement, as Administered at the Pentonville Prison
Results of the System of Separate Confinement, as Administered at the Pentonville Prison
Burt, John T.

Results of the System of Separate Confinement, as Administered at the Pentonville Prison


First Edition. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852.

Cloth 8vo, 287pp. In Fair condition with front board and ffep detached; ex-library markings including blindstamp to title page and pocket ghost to pastedown with "withdrawn" stamp; tearing to the last two pages from being stuck to the rear board. Text Very Good with many unopened signatures, a good candidate for rebacking. Burt was chaplain at the Pentonville Prison in London, modeled on the separate system of confinement established in Philadelphia. Inmates slept, ate, exercised, and labored in single cells, forbidden from communication at all time. Largely criticized for being detrimental to the mental health of inmates, Burt defended the system and insisted that "separate" was not "solitary," owing to the inmates' contact with prison personnel.