5. Charles Dickens and His Cherry Hill Prisoners

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Introduction VII
3. Foreword XIII
4. Contents XV
5. List of Illustrations XVII
6. 1. The Pennsylvania System of Penal Discipline 1
7. 2. The Building of Cherry Hill 33
8. 3. The Early Days of Cherry Hill 54
9. 4. Investigations of Cherry Hill 93
10. 5. Charles Dickens and His Cherry Hill Prisoners 113
11. 6. Prison Practices and Policies in Cherry Hill 133
12. 7. The Rise and Fall of the Pennsylvania System 201
13. 8. Influence of the Pennsylvania System 224
14. Appendix I. Significant Records of the Eastern State Penitentiary in the Division of Public Records, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 235
15. Appendix II. Partial Wording of Memorials Sent to the Legislature by the Philadelphia Prison Society, Showing the Interchange of Ideas of “Separate” and “Solitary” Confinement and the Use of “Labor” in Their Philosophy 237
16. Appendix III. Sites Considered by the Building Commission for the Eastern Penitentiary 239
17. Appendix IV. Early Ground Plans and Engravings of the Eastern Penitentiary with Explanation of Discrepancies 242
18. Index 245