The Prison Discipline Society Records,
The Prison Discipline Society (PDS), founded by Louis Dwight in 1825 to improve public prisons, ceased to exist after Dwight's death in 1854. The records include annual reports and Rev. Mr. Stone's 1854 sermon before the PDS. PDS members collected facts and statistics on prisons through co...
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| Summary: | The Prison Discipline Society (PDS), founded by Louis Dwight in 1825 to improve public prisons, ceased to exist after Dwight's death in 1854. The records include annual reports and Rev. Mr. Stone's 1854 sermon before the PDS. PDS members collected facts and statistics on prisons through correspondence and annual visits to various prisons Corresponding members included Louis Dwight, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Samuel B. Woodward. Excerpts from the Annual Reports of the London Discipline Society are included to contrast European and North American prisons. Topics covered in the annual reports and sermon of the PDS include solitary confinement, religion, convict labor, prison administration, prison design and construction, and segregation and classification of prisoners by gender, crime, age, and mental health |
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| Physical Description: | 1 box (5 linear in.) |
| Access: | Unrestricted |
| Finding Aid: | Finding aid available in College Archives |