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Here are some significant prison reforms (definitely not even close to comprehensive):

  • Dorothea Dix reported that mentally ill people frequently were jailed with criminals, and started the practice of opening asylums for the mentally ill.
  • Linda Gilbert established prison libraries in several states.
  • Samuel June Barrow was instrumental in establishing parole and probation law.
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