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This history of Bedford Prison is told through the story of the family of gaolers who ran it for many years and the contributions of five men closely associated with the prison.
To the account of John Bunyan's trial and imprisonment is added a chapter on others in the prison at the same time.
After John Howard discovered the appalling conditions in which prisoners were kept, his investigation into prison conditions went far beyond the county and led to his book 'The State of the Prisons' and his advocacy of penal reform. The meeting between John Howard and Jeremy Bentham is recounted in the latter's words. After the former's death, Samuel Whitbread II carried forward plans to build a new prison in Bedford. The Rev. Philip Hunt was rector of St Peter's Bedford and deeply involved in local affairs, including the prison and the house of correction. Lord John Russell, son of the 6th Duke of Bedford, was a politician and Home Secretary 1835-1839, during which period the national system of prison inspectors was set up.
The connections of family, friendship, religion and political alliance amongst these five men is drawn out.
There is also much about the prison itself, the buildings and their rebuilding; and the inmates, their lives and punishments including transportation. This is not merely an institutional history but much more a history of the people, outside and inside, who affected or were affected by the prison.
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These five essays on issue of law and order grew out of the author's earlier research on local crime for his book on Bedford Prison (BHRS vol. 56).
The first essay recounts the riots following the enactment of the Militia Act 1757.
The second is a short biography of the Rev. Philip Hunt, rector of St Peter's Bedford from 1799, who accompanied firstly Lord Elgin to Greece, and secondly the 6th Duke of Bedford to Ireland as his secretary and chaplain. Following his appointment as a justice of the peace in Bedfordshire, Hunt concerned himself with the running of Bedford prison and penal reform.
Samuel Whitbread II is the subject of the third and fourth essays. Appeals to him from prisoners awaiting transportation leads to a discussion of the conditions in the hulks. The unfortunate consequences of his attempts to raise the level of literacy of militiamen is also recounted.
Finally, there is a brief account of local law and order in the 1830s which led to the establishment of the county police force in 1840.
Criminal justice, Administration of --- History --- Bedford Prison. --- Hunt (Rev Philip). --- Militia Act 1757. --- Whitbread (Samuel II). --- criminal law. --- law and order. --- penal reform. --- police. --- riots. --- transportation.
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This history of Bedford Prison is told through the story of the family of gaolers who ran it for many years and the contributions of five men closely associated with the prison.
To the account of John Bunyan's trial and imprisonment is added a chapter on others in the prison at the same time.
After John Howard discovered the appalling conditions in which prisoners were kept, his investigation into prison conditions went far beyond the county and led to his book 'The State of the Prisons' and his advocacy of penal reform. The meeting between John Howard and Jeremy Bentham is recounted in the latter's words. After the former's death, Samuel Whitbread II carried forward plans to build a new prison in Bedford. The Rev. Philip Hunt was rector of St Peter's Bedford and deeply involved in local affairs, including the prison and the house of correction. Lord John Russell, son of the 6th Duke of Bedford, was a politician and Home Secretary 1835-1839, during which period the national system of prison inspectors was set up.
The connections of family, friendship, religion and political alliance amongst these five men is drawn out.
There is also much about the prison itself, the buildings and their rebuilding; and the inmates, their lives and punishments including transportation. This is not merely an institutional history but much more a history of the people, outside and inside, who affected or were affected by the prison.
England --- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century. --- Bedford Prison. --- Bunyan (John). --- Howard (John) Hunt (Rev Philip). --- Richardson family (gaolers). --- Russell (Lord John) transportation. --- Whitbread (Samuel II). --- maps. --- nonconformity. --- pedigrees. --- penal reform. --- prisons. --- Bedford Prison --- History. --- EnglandxSocial conditions.
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Criminal justice, Administration of --- 343.1 <41> --- 343.9 --- -Administration of criminal justice --- Justice, Administration of --- Crime --- Criminal law --- Criminals --- Strafvordering --(algemeen)--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Criminologie --(algemeen) --- Law and legislation --- -Strafvordering --(algemeen)--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 343.9 Criminologie --(algemeen) --- 343.1 <41> Strafvordering --(algemeen)--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Criminal justice, Administration of - Great Britain.
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