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Exploring the history of prisoner education
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This free course was written by Rosalind Crone and Daniel Weinbren.

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Figure 1: Wormword Scrubs London: © unknown.

Figure 2: Prisoners in the exercise yard at Newgate, c.1872. Lebrecht Music & Arts/Alamy Stock Photo.

Figure 3:  A view inside Oscar Wilde’s cell, at Reading Gaol: PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo

Figure 4: Exterior of Wandsworth Prison, London, opened in 1851: Derek Harper Wandsworth Prison - geograph.org.uk - 1030498 - HM Prison Wandsworth - Wikipedia https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 2.0/

Figure 6: Mothers and babies exercising during their allocated hour together: Hulton Archive/Stringer/Getty Images.

Figure 7: Schoolroom and pupils at the Rochester Borstal in Kent, c.1906: History and Art Collection/Alamy Stock Photo.

Figure 8: Reading Gaol, built in the mid 1840s and closed in 2014: Harry Harrison/Alamy Stock Photo.

Figure 9: Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski: © The Open University

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