Penal Servitude. Convicts and Long-Term Imprisonment, 1853-1948, Paperback

Penal Servitude is the first comprehensive study of the convict prison system that housed all those who were sentenced to penal servitude between 1853 and 1948, detailing the administration and evolution of the system, its creation, the building of the prison estate, and the experiences of prisoners and staff within it.

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Author(s): David J. Cox
• Number of pages: 264
• Collection: States, People, and the History of Social Change
• Publication date: 2022
• Dimensions: 155 x 228 x 21
• Cover type: Paperback / softback