Penal Servitude: Convicts and Long-Term Imprisonment, 1853–1948

Uncovering the convict prison system and the experiences of the people within it across a century of imprisonment in Britain.

Penal Servitude is the first comprehensive study of the convict prison system that housed all those who were sentenced to penal servitude between 1853 and 1948, detailing the administration and evolution of the system, its creation, the building of the prison estate, and the experiences of prisoners and staff within it.