| A History of the Fleet Prison, London the Anatomy of the Fleet Contributor(s): Brown, Roger Lee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773408002 ISBN-13: 9780773408005 Publisher: Em Texts OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6" W x 9" (1.21 lbs) 374 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Fleet Prison is noteworthy for being one of the oldest of the English prisons, and one mentioned frequently in literature. This work explores the actual workings of the privately-owned debtors' prison, examining its earliest history from medieval times; the celebrated inquiry into the administration of the prison during the 1610s; the misuse of authority by the wardens in the 1680s onward; the infamous Parliamentary inquiry in 1729, based on the parliamentary reports, trial papers, etc; to the closing by parliamentary legislation in 1842. |