Prison and Asylum Reform-1840-1960
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- Children were moved to juvenile detention centers and previously incarcerated had more job opportunities.
- Many conditions for the prisoners, offered alternatives to incarceration, helped the over crowdedness.
- The asylums got real treatment and were rehabilitated rather than abuse and punishment and were treated humanely by the caretakers, made to be more like hospitals
- Hello, I'm Dix a nurse who fought for the rights of the mentally ill and those incarcerated
- Dorothea Dix-She was an important nurse and helped the mentally ill and tried to get bills to pass for them to have better conditions and when she failed, she travelled around and shed light on the poor conditions and treatment in asylums.John Howard-He is considered the father of prison reform after he oversaw prisons and was shocked by the awful living conditions. He wrote about the poor conditions and fought for better prison systems, providing sanitary and hygienic living conditions, adequate medical care, and opportunity for meaningful work.
- Hi, I'm John Howard the father of prison reform
- John Howard after overseeing a prison and being shocked by the awful conditions visited many prisons and used his influence to provide sanitary and hygienic living conditions, adequate medical care, and opportunity for meaningful work.
- Dorothea Dix visited many asylums and wrote about the conditions as well as travel and give speeches to let people know about the conditions. She presented the idea that the insane could be cured through treatment and opened 14 mental health institutions
- "Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline"
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