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Jail and Prisons Timeline

By Reyna62
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    Corrections Throughout History

  • Walnut Steet Jail Opens

    Walnut Steet Jail Opens

    Walnut Street Jail
  • Penitentiary Era

    Penitentiary Era

    Quakers, prisoners served penance, kept seperate and silent in isolation,.
  • Women in Prison

    Women in Prison

  • Industrial Era

    Industrial Era

    Prisoners seen as cheap labor, exploited the prisoner was made to learn a trade.
  • OVERVIEW OF JAILS

    OVERVIEW OF JAILS

    Jails were managed by the local sheriff's office. Housed accused until disposition, and individuals with minor crimes with sentences less than a year.
  • Tribal Courts - Indian Reservations

    Tribal Courts - Indian Reservations

  • Treatment Era

    Treatment Era

    Counseling, rehabilitation, classification, medical model
  • Community Based Era

    Community Based Era

    Restoration & Rehabilitation to change incarceration images
  • Warehousing Era

    Warehousing Era

    Nothing seems to work, community losing faith in the system.
  • Just Desserts Era

    Just Desserts Era

    Get tough - "Zero Tolerance" increased mandatory sentences for voilent crimes
  • State Prisons

    State Prisons

    State Prisons - convicted inmates more than 1 year. Ran by state government.
  • Jail System

    Jail System

    Ran by County/City government. Houses pre-trial people and convicted less than 1 year.