Historical Comparison: Jails and Prisons, Now and Then
- Scan The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia website entry on Prisons and Jails by Annie Anderson (http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/prisons-and-jails/) and review the description of the newest Pennsylvania prison, SCI Phoenix, located just outside of Philadelphia (https://www.cor.pa.gov/Facilities/StatePrisons/Pages/Phoenix.aspx).
- Write a three- to five-paragraph summary of how the two types of facilities differ and are similar.
- What is the atmosphere and amenities; how are inmates housed?
- Describe how inmates would spend their time in each.
- How are these changes reflective of the Age of the Reformatory in America?
- Identify how the newer SCI Phoenix facility adopts some of the changes in corrections after the Age of the Reformatory and developments in the 20th century.
