Project Gutenberg 2016-01-27 Public domain in the USA. 83 Griffiths, Arthur 1838 1908 Griffiths, Arthur George Frederick Modern French Prisons Bicêtre; St. Pélagie; St. Lazare; La Force; The Conciergerie; La Grande and La Petite Roquettes; Mazas; La Santé The History and Romance of Crime Produced by Chris Curnow, Wayne Hammond, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Modern French Prisons" by Arthur Griffiths is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book delves into the evolution of the French prison system, particularly focusing on the period following the French Revolution and the subsequent developments in penal practices. Griffiths, who served as an inspector of prisons, discusses the moral and structural dimensions of correctional facilities in France and the challenges they faced in reforming convicts rather than merely punishing them. The opening of the work introduces the topic of prison reform during a transitional period in French history. It outlines the ambitions of the French legislative body post-Revolution to create a new penal system, contrasting with the remnants of a more brutal past. Griffiths narrates historical insights into various notable prisons, including Bicêtre and La Conciergerie, underscoring the dreadful conditions prisoners endured and the ineffectiveness of past punitive methods. Instances of prisoner abuse, the discrepancies between rich and poor inmates, and the lack of reformation strategies highlight the systemic failures of the penal system, setting the stage for deeper examination in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Prisons -- France -- History Crime -- France -- History Criminals -- France -- History HV Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - General Browsing: Sociology 417784 417788 2024-09-21T10:38:36.297793 2023-09-22T07:50:39.797493 text/html text/html 416718 2016-01-26T20:30:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 838294 2016-01-26T20:30:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 905638 2024-09-21T10:38:41.717777 application/epub+zip 908878 2024-09-21T10:38:37.190738 application/epub+zip 230073 2024-09-21T10:38:36.723744 application/epub+zip 1026689 2024-09-21T10:38:45.735723 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 994859 2024-09-21T10:38:41.165747 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317719 2022-09-23T08:28:09.800125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390157 389952 2024-09-21T10:38:35.867815 2023-09-22T07:50:39.361343 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 390529 2016-01-26T20:30:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 151967 2016-01-26T20:30:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19134 2024-09-21T10:38:45.875705 application/rdf+xml 21093 2024-09-21T10:38:36.817759 image/jpeg 2990 2024-09-21T10:38:36.769773 image/jpeg 841212 2024-09-21T10:38:36.359763 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia