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By the 1840s prison conditions were rapidly improving in Britain. Until the early 1820s conditions in prisons were often grim, though they varied a lot from one prison to another.
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∙ 9y agoPrison conditions were finally improving in London in the 1840s. Prisoners awaiting death were fed better food than they had been in the past, and were allowed to have visitors, something they didn't get before. Also, the death penalty was no longer issued as a sentence for small crimes such as pickpocketing.
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∙ 12y agoDirty, dark, overcrowded and little food
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