Place in which people legally are physically confined and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms

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État des prisons, des hôspital et des maisons de force / par John Howard ; Traduit de l'anglois [by Louise Félicité Guinement de Kéralio?].

The state of the prisons in England and Wales, with preliminary observations, and an account of some foreign prisons and hospitals / [John Howard].

The state of the prisons in England and Wales, with preliminary observations, and an account of some foreign prisons / [John Howard].

The criminal prisons of London, and scenes of prison life / by Henry Mayhew ... and John Binny.

Supplementary rules and regulations for the government of the Penitentiary of Maryland.

Scenes representing parts of life shown in cells of an underground grotto.

Civil War prisons : a study in war psychology / William Best Hesseltine ; foreword by William Blair.

Vermessung des Verbrechers : die kriminalbiologische Untersuchung in Bayern, 1923-1945 / Thomas Kailer.

The English Bastille : a history of Newgate Gaol and prison conditions in Britain, 1188-1902 / Anthony Babington ; foreword by James Callaghan.

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Prisons

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Works from the collections

Supplementary rules and regulations for the government of the Penitentiary of Maryland.

Scenes representing parts of life shown in cells of an underground grotto.

Civil War prisons : a study in war psychology / William Best Hesseltine ; foreword by William Blair.

Vermessung des Verbrechers : die kriminalbiologische Untersuchung in Bayern, 1923-1945 / Thomas Kailer.

The English Bastille : a history of Newgate Gaol and prison conditions in Britain, 1188-1902 / Anthony Babington ; foreword by James Callaghan.

Prisons

Images from the collections

Images about Prisons

Works from the collections

Supplementary rules and regulations for the government of the Penitentiary of Maryland.

Scenes representing parts of life shown in cells of an underground grotto.

Civil War prisons : a study in war psychology / William Best Hesseltine ; foreword by William Blair.

Vermessung des Verbrechers : die kriminalbiologische Untersuchung in Bayern, 1923-1945 / Thomas Kailer.

The English Bastille : a history of Newgate Gaol and prison conditions in Britain, 1188-1902 / Anthony Babington ; foreword by James Callaghan.

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