The pioneers correctional system

William penn

He fought for religious freedom

He is the first leader to prescribe imprisonment

Responsible for the abolition of death penalty and torture as a form of punishment

Charles Montesquieu

A french historian and philosopher who analyzed law as an expression of justice. He believes that harsh punishment would undermine morality and that appealing to moral sentiment as a better means of preventing crime

Voltaire ( Francois Marie Arouet )

He was the most versatile of all philosopher during this period he believes that fear of shame was a deterrent to crime. He fought the legality sanctioned practice of torture

Cesare Bonesa, Marchese de Beccaria ( 1738-1794)

He wrote an essay entitled “ an essay on Crimes and punishment” the most exciting essay on law during this century. It presented the humanistic goal of law let the punishment fit the crime

Jeremy Bentham

The greatest leader in the reform of English criminal law. he believes that whatever punishment designed to negate whatever pleasure or gain the criminal derives from crime the crime rate would go down

He proposed the philosophy of utilitarianism

He advocated the imaginary mathematical formula of felicific calculus

Panopitican prison

A prison that consists of a large circular building containing multi cells around the periphery. It was never built.

To see everything or to observe made by Bentham

John howard (1748-1790)

The sheriff of Bedfordshire. After his finding on prisons he recommended. Single cells for sleeping - segregation of women - segregation of youth.

He is known as the father of prison reform in the world

A philanthropist and the first English prison reform

Elam lynds

A warden of the Auburn and later of sing sing which he built. He is described as having been a strict disciplinarian who believe that all Convict were cowards who could not be reformed untel their spirit was broken

Jean Jacques Villain

He is known as the father of penitentiary science. Pioneered classification to separate women's and childtfrom hardened criminals

James V. Bennett

Director of federal Bureau of prisons He wrote about closing of Alcatraz prison. Built The federal correction institution in seagoville texas

Elizabeth fry

A English reformer sometimes referred to as the angel of prisons because of driving force behind new legislation to treat prisoners humanely