Wardens, directors and reformers of American prisons, including the keeper of Sing Sing, the warden of the Arkansas prison farms, the director of the Texas prison system, the superintendent of the Elmira Reformatory and the founders of prison associations. A person belongs here when the cited source describes running or reforming an American prison or prison system. Entries placed here are Elam Lynds, Lewis E. Lawes, Tom Murton, George Beto, James V. Bennett, Thomas Mott Osborne, Zebulon Brockway, Katharine Bement Davis, Austin MacCormick and Enoch Cobb Wines.
All American Prison Wardens, Directors and Reformers
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Wines, Enoch Cobb - The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. (Encyclopedia.com)
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Enoch Cobb Wines, 1806-79, American clergyman and prison reformer
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was an American boot maker and penal reformer
View the Source Wikipedia: Zebulon Brockway
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was an American penologist and is sometimes regarded as the "Father of prison reform"
View the Source Wikipedia: Jerome G. Miller
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public sector corrections administrator, who was an authority on the reform of juvenile and adult corrections systems
View the Source Elam Lynds (Wikipedia)
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was a prison warden
View the Source Austin MacCormick (Wikipedia)
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was an American criminologist and prison reformer
View the Source Katharine Bement Davis (Wikipedia)
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Katharine Bement Davis (January 15, 1860, December 10, 1935) was an American Progressive Era social reformer and criminologist who became the first woman to head a major New York City agency when she was appointed Correction Commissioner on January 1, 1914.
View the Source Lewis E. Lawes (Wikipedia)
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Lewis Edward Lawes (September 13, 1883, April 23, 1947) was a prison warden and a proponent of prison reform.
View the Source George Beto (Wikipedia)
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George John Beto (January 19, 1916, December 4, 1991) was a director of the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC), a criminal justice expert in penology, a professor, and a Lutheran minister.
View the Source Wikipedia: Thomas Mott Osborne
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Thomas Mott Osborne (September 23, 1859, October 20, 1926) was an American prison officer, prison reformer, politician, industrialist, and New York State political reformer.
View the Source Tom Murton (Wikipedia)
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Thomas O. Murton (March 15, 1928, October 10, 1990) was a penologist best known for his wardenship of the prison farms of Arkansas.
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