Disorder contained : mental breakdown and the modern prison in England and Ireland, 1840-1900 / Catherine Cox, University College Dublin, Hilary Marland, University of Warwick.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet
"Now regarding the prisoner as a moral patient, the paramount object is to render him as amenable as possible to the reformatory process.... The isolation that depresses the animal nature of the prisoner, and lowers the whole tone of the nervous system, produces a corresponding effect upon the mind... In consequence of the lowering of the vital energies, the brain becomes more feeble, and, therefore, more susceptible. The chaplain can then make the brawny navvy in the cell cry like a child; he can work on his feelings in almost any way he pleases; he can so to speak, photograph his own thoughts, wishes, and opinions, on his patient's mind, and fill his mouth with his own phrases and language"-- Provided by publisher.
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