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Who started a colony for poor people in English jails?

jacob theadore tubbs founded the coliny for poor people in inglish jails in 1672


Why was Georgia known as the charity colony?

It was started by James Oglethorpe for the honest debtors in English jails. The English Colonies wanted people in the upper colonies to be safe from the Spanish in what is now Florida. To improve safety, the Brits took people out of jail and put them in Georgia to protect them.


What were the two distinctives of the Georgia colony?

Georgia is the last of the original 13 English Colonies founded in North America. It was founded by James Olgethorpe for the purpose of helping indegent debtors locked in English jails. It was the only penal colony established by England. It was the only colony founded by Olgethorpe.


When did mega jails begin to be built en masse in the USA?

When people started to act like idiots.


Is it true Bob Barker invested in stock for the jails and prisons in PA and that he why everything in the jails for the inmates has his name on it?

Not true. Look up bobbarker.com It's a guy named Robert Barker Sr. who started it.


What is the American Isolation?

they lock people up and put them in jails


Colony originally founded as a refuge for debtors by philanthropists?

King James I sent the debtors to Georgia because the jails in England were running out of space.


Who is in charge of jails?

Jails are run by governors.


How many jails are there in Philadelphia PA?

there are 12 jails


Who was sent to settle Georgia?

James Oglethrope came over to create the colony of Georgia for debtors to pay off their debt, because the jails were in poor condition and overcrowded.


What are some of the private jails in America name?

Corrections Corporation of America. An example of Privatizing Government that fails. Private jails have a 30% overhead and public jails have a 5% overhead. It also says alot about a society that profits off people going to jail, and profitting off people's illness. So much for America being a christain nation.


Number of jails in the US?

At the end of 2009 there was 2,292,133 jails and prisons that were incarcerated.