English prison reformer who documented inhumane prison conditions in his 1777 work The State of the Prisons, advocating single celling, sanitation and rehabilitation, work that founded the modern prison reform movement.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountDocumented inhumane prison conditions and advocated systematic reform, founding the modern prison reform movement. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountThe State of the Prisons (1777) 1 Sources
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