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Let’s start at the beginning, with the arrival of new prisoners at prisons during the 1800s. In the video for this session, Rosalind Crone visits the reception cell at Lincoln Castle Gaol. What happened to prisoners on arrival? Why was there such an interest in recording information about them?
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Let’s start at the beginning, with the arrival of new prisoners at prisons during the 1800s. In the video for this session, Rosalind Crone visits the reception cell at Lincoln Castle Gaol. What happened to prisoners on arrival? Why was there such an interest in recording information about them?
Transcript - media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/3998_youtubeuploadsfriday/20240130T210813_Systems_of_measurement-The_reception_cell_5-7.pdf
Playlist link - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhQpDGfX5e7DCo7jpU7LZilY4Jb-4uTSc
Study free course 'Exploring the history of prisoner education' at the Open University
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/exploring-the-history-prisoner-education/content-section-overview?active-tab=description-tab
Study BA (Honours) History
open.ac.uk/courses/history/degrees/ba-history-q01
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The Open University is the world’s leading provider of flexible, high quality online degrees and distance learning, serving students across the globe with highly respected degree qualifications, and the triple accredited MBA. The OU teaches through its own unique method of distance learning, called ‘supported open learning’ and you do not need any formal qualifications to study with us, just commitment and a desire to find out what you are capable of.
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