(Description) Figure 8 Prison warder standing in the Entrance Hall at Newgate Prison, in the late nineteenth century. Schoolmaster-warders were required to wear the same uniform as ordinary warders. This allowed them to move seamlessly between duties, but could create confusion among prisoners. A prisoner on the school roll at Pentonville Prison, for example, claimed he had never seen the schoolmaster because he thought the schoolmaster was just an ordinary warder (Mitford Committee, 1896, p. 107). Many complained that it was difficult to combine disciplinary and teaching roles in the prison. Prisoners either did not respect them, or were unable to establish effective teacher-student relationships with them.

Session 7: Uniformity in prisons and prison education

This is a black and white photograph of a uniformed man standing beside an open doorway. He is in a high-ceilinged room, whose walls are hung with framed documents. What looks like a visitor book lies open on a desk to the right, and there is a clock on the wall at upper left.