Britain’s prisons are breaking - and there’s no space left
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Britain’s prisons are breaking - and there’s no space left
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19th-century British prisons were hell on earth. Women and children were crammed into freezing, filthy cells at Newgate Prison, surviving in unimaginable squalor without basic rights or dignity. Appalled by the brutal conditions, Elizabeth Fry refused to look away. Armed with unwavering courage, this fierce Quaker reformer marched straight into the darkness of Newgate. She bypassed terrified guards, befriended the desperate inmates, and set up a school for the imprisoned children. She establishe
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