Ancient Prisons
The evolution of prisons from public cruelty to reform
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58 mins
Explore the history of imprisonment from ancient times to modern prisons and explore how evolving ideas of justice, punishment, and reform shaped correctional systems. Learn how architecture, discipline, and social attitudes influenced prison conditions and inmate treatment.
Ep 1:
How Have Prisons Evolved Through History?
Ep 2:
What Made Early Prisons in Europe Inhumane and Deadly?
Ep 3:
The Unique Prison System in Ancient Egypt
Ep 4:
How Did the Prisons of Assyrian Empire Function?
Ep 5:
How Did Overcrowding Affect 19th Century Prisons?
Ep 6:
How Did Solitude Affect Prisoners’ Mental Health in Ancient Prisons?
Ep 7:
How Did Prisons Evolve as Tools of Political Control?
Ep 8:
How Did the Auburn System Break Prisoners’ Individuality?
Ep 9:
Why Were Ancient Roman Prisons Infamous For Its Harsh Conditions?
Ep 10:
What Made Eastern State Penitentiary Revolutionary?
Ep 11:
Was Early Prison Architecture Meant to Intimidate?
Discussions (11)
Skyler
Level 10 · 8 mo agoPaying for your own cell in the 16th century really proves the subscription model has been around way longer than any of us realized.
Gerald
Level 8 · 7 mo agoBro really thinks a gothic facade stops crime. It’s just a dungeon with better marketing.
Wilfred
Level 7 · 9 mo agoLow key the fact that Arizona used to drop scorpions on inmates is insane. It proves the system isn't about reform. It’s just state sponsored torture.
