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the Victorian era began in 1837 and ended with Queen Victoria's death in 1901,

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medieval people were tortured idk why

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The Victorians were an industrious lot. They were always reforming things and they were keen, in particular, to leave behind the flamboyant and reckless reputation of the Georgians for a more sober and moral society. You might be wondering what this has to do with how punishments changed during the 19th century. Well it has quite a lot to do with it. For the Victorians, a moral and Christian society would help those less fortunate to improve themselves through hard work and Christian values. It was better to reform those that could be reformed to become productive members of a sober, hard working society than condemn them forever.

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HARD LABOUR

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Oakum picking - so boring and painful

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who went to jail?

the many people that went to jail during this era include men, women, children; the insane; serious criminals and petty criminals; people awaiting trial; and debtors.

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Some children who misbehaved were placed in 'Solitary confinement', locked in a room on their own. Tough reformatory schools were set up for children who had committed a minor crime, like theft, so that they could get a better life. Boys were taught how to use machines, while girls were taught how to cook and clean.

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Work in prison included, pulling apart and cleaning a metre length of tarred ships rope a day. The rope was then sold by the prisons – this is where the phrase money for old rope came from.

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The answer was to reform the police and to build more prisons: 90 prisons were built or added to between 1842 and 1877

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the novel crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky???????

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Law and order was a major issue in Victorian Britaian

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The crank and the treadmill: Prisons often made prisoners do pointless tasks such as turn a crank up to 10,000 times a day. Or walk for hours on giant circular tread mills.

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Prisons at this time were often in old buildings, such as castles etc. They tended to be damp, unhealthy, insanitary, over-crowd

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Hard labour was a common punishment. Many Victorians believed that having to work very hard would prevent criminals committing crime in the future. The crank and the treadmill: Prisons often made prisoners do pointless tasks such as turn a crank up to 10,000 times a day. Or walk for hours on giant circular tread mills.