Pennsylvania Prison Society
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Pennsylvania Prison Society
Prison Society Pennsylvania
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Prison Society Pennsylvania
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The Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons was organized in 1787 to promote penal reform. Its early members included: William White, Benjamin Rush, Roberts Vaux, Dorthea Lynde Dix, and Rose Steadman. In 1886 the Society's name was changed to the Pennsylvania Prison Society, by which name it continues to call itself today.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/148338176
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87913887
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n87913887
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Crime and criminals
Juvenile delinquents
Mentally ill
Prisons
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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