103pp. Illus. in text. Spine very slightly faded. This account of Exeter Prison relates a number of general themes in penology to a detailed local survey. In particular the work of John Howard, the great prison reformer, the relationship between the Home Office and Magistrates and the gradual erosion of Exeter's autonomy in penal administration, looking at an institution whose regime contrasted sharply with the hostile picture of borough prisons drawn by contemporary and modern penal theorists. Bibliography and Index.

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