Irish (or Crofton) System

The Irish system of penal discipline, developed by Sir Walter Crofton in Ireland from 1854 to 1862, was viewed by late-19th-century prison reformers as a model for prison administration. In the 1870s, supporters of the Irish system played a major role ...

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