Download or read book English Local Prisons, 1860-1900 written by Seán McConville and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local prisons of the late nineteenth century refined harsh systems of punishment: 2 years' local imprisonment was considered the most severe punishment known to English law. This work shows how private concerns became public policy.