London's
Bridewell Prison was the
location of many "firsts" in
penology For the first time in world history,
corporal or
capital punishment was
substituted for imprisonment at hard labor, which is the very definition of a penitentiary. Although Bridewell was a revolutionary experiment in penal reform, it ultimately failed to deliver what its proponents promised..
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