10 Facts About Prisons

Prisons can be used as a tool of political repression by authoritarian regimes.

Prisons was particularly appalled to discover prisoners who had been acquitted but were still confined because they could not pay the jailer's fees.

Prisons proposed wide-ranging reforms to the system, including the housing of each prisoner in a separate cell and the requirements that staff should be professional and paid by the government, that outside inspection of prisons should be imposed, and that prisoners should be provided with a healthy diet and reasonable living conditions.

Prisons's began a system of supervision and required the women to sew and to read the Bible.

Prisons's views influenced the establishment of the first prisons used as criminal rehabilitation centers.

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Prisons are normally surrounded by fencing, walls, earthworks, geographical features, or other barriers to prevent escape.

Prisons generally have to provide food for a large number of individuals, and thus are generally equipped with a large institutional kitchen.

Prisons have formed parts of military systems since the French Revolution.

Prisons are very attractive to employers, because prisoners can be made to perform a great array of jobs, under conditions that most free laborers wouldn't accept : sub-minimum wage payments, no insurance, no collective bargaining, lack of alternative options, etc.

Prisons can be difficult places to live and work in, even in developed countries in the present day.