prison reform

dOROTHEA DIX

• Was born in April 4th 1802
• American activist 
• was a big part in helping mentally ill people
• Was just a teacher
• Was the voice

the people

• Dorothea dix
• horace mann
• Samuel Gridley howe 
• Dr. John galt
• Louis Dwight

the past

• were kept in small cages 
• treated like aimals
• forgotten by society
• were the outcast of the world

the movement

• Spoke out a Massachusetts Legislature 
• Began a crusade for humane hospitals
• Gathered evidence of abuse
• Made case for state supported care

resolution

• Forming two of the best prisons in the world
• Rehabilitation of prisoners
• Human suffering was decreased
• separation of men,women,children, and the sick

psychiatric hospitals

• Warehousing of the sick
• enlightened approach
• talk therapy
• use of drugs to treat patients

the dark side

• overcrowding
• no sparation of gender
• solitary confinement
• suicide
• abuse

the future

• educational programs
• vocational training
• early release instead of fixed sentenced
• federal funding

auburn system

• prison in new york
• combined hard labor with solitary confinement
• purpose was to rehabilitate criminals
• offset expenses
• model was used in many prisons