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Prison Hulks at Portsmouth
Old hulks of English warships were first used as prisons when theAmerican War of Independence closed the shores of the colonies to theconvict-exile and rendered some additional prison space in Englandimmediately necessary. Used as prisons of war: many American prisonerswere confined there after the War of 1812,—loathsome places of durancefrom which escape was difficult. They were also used for temporarydetention of prisoners sentenced to penal servitude in the colonies overseas.
ENGLISH DEBTOR’S PRISONS AND PRISONS
OF WAR
FRENCH WAR PRISONS
AMERICAN WAR PRISONS
WITH REFERENCES TO THOSE OF
OTHER LANDS
by
MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS
Late Inspector of Prisons in Great Britain
Author of
“The Mysteries of Police and Crime
“Fifty Years of Public Service,” etc.
THE GROLIER SOCIETY
EDITION NATIONALE
Limited to one thousand registered and numbered sets.
NUMBER 307.
INTRODUCTION
THE word prison connotes crime; a place of punishment and detentionwhere misdeeds are expiated and penalties enforced. A certain sense ofs