Criminal Justice Formers

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Criminal Justice Formers

Elizabeth Fry was a social reformer who changed the face of prisons in Britain in terms of the way inmates were treated . What prompted her to agitate for these rights was the insight she gained after traveling and visiting a lot of prisons and noted how prisoners were mistreated Another social reformer with similar ideas to those of Elizabeth is Dorothea Lynde Dix who is known for her role in championing for institutional reforms in the United States . To Dix

just like Elizabeth the move to advocate for reforms was after the experience she gained after touring Europe and North Europe and found that the mentally ill in prisons were kept in similar conditions with other prisoners . This is specifically going to focus on the lives of both reformers and illuminate light on the role or the part they both played in shaping criminal justice in the United States and Britain

According to Williams (78 , Elizabeth Fry was an English social reformer who spearheaded reforms in the prisons in Britain and was born in Gurney Court in a family of Quakers . She is the one who initiated and pushed for reforms in prisons so that prisoners would be treated in a more humane manner than it was the case . This was a move that was strongly supported by the monarchs that followed later . It was the influence of William Savery , a preacher that led her to develop unusual interest and sympathy...