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Re:If Prisoners Ran Prisons by cma on Sunday November 13, 2016 @10:03PM (#12947229)
Can you provide a source that in the "old days" all prison was solitary confinement?
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Re:If Prisoners Ran Prisons by yaur on Sunday November 13, 2016 @10:47PM (#12947405)
Eastern State Penitentiary is considered the first "true penitentiary" Wikipedia[1] has pretty good coverage of its history, including starting with an all solitary system.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_State_Penitentiary

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Re:If Prisoners Ran Prisons by jmiserez on Monday November 14, 2016 @08:13AM (#12949572)
* in the US.

We've certainly had prisons before 1829 elsewhere in the world.

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Re:If Prisoners Ran Prisons by paulddraper on Monday November 14, 2016 @09:40PM (#12955201)
Sure, there were prisons in ancient times too. I think the 1829 example may be more relevant.
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