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Prisons - Design and construction

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  • The first stone and inlaid coins of Holloway prison. Lithograph by C.M. Firth.
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    Second report of the Surveyor-General of Prisons.

    Great Britain. Surveyor-General of Prisons. | Date: 1847
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    A statistical view of the operation of the penal code of Pennsylvania : To which is added, a view of the present state of the penitentiary and prison in the city of Philadelphia / Prepared and published, in pursuance of a resolution of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.

    Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. | Date: 1817
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    The first stone and inlaid coins of Holloway prison. Lithograph by C.M. Firth.

    | Reference: 23526i
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    An account of the general penitentiary at Millbank ... : To which is added, an appendix, on the form and construction of prisons ... / by George Holford.

    Holford, George, 1768-1839. | Date: 1828
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