5 Questions
During ancient times, prisons were used for punishment in which of the following ways?
To prepare offenders for death
What were the two important themes of imprisonment for punishment?
Convicts should be isolated
Where and when was the First House of Corrections created?
England, 1553
How many convicts were transported to Australia from 1788-1868?
160,000
What happened to most convicts who were transported to Australia?
They were lent out to free settlers
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