Overview
The book looks at early punishments, life on hell ships transporting convicts to far-off continents, the growth of prison populations, inmates sentenced to waste away on treadmills, the underworld giant who was birched, children starved and beaten for stealing, and even women forced to eat.
- | Author: David Leslie
- | Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
- | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2014
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- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9781845028480
- | ISBN-10: 1845028481
