Title: A history of prison education from the 1600s to 1877
Description: This book  looks at the four phases of development for education in prisons in England from 1630 to 1877, when prisons were nationalised. It looks at the work of John Bellers, the SPCK, John Howard, Elizabeth Fry, Sarah Martin, and others. It looks at what happened in a range of institutions, from Debtor's Prisons, Bridewells, Houses of Correction, and the Hulks (Prison Ships).
Subjects: Prison education, hulks, religion, Quaker, Elizabeth Fry
Places: Bedford, London, Pentonville
People: Elizabeth Fry, John Howard
Time periods: 1600-1877