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Bad for the health of the body, worse for the health of the mind : female responses to imprisonment in England, 1853-1869

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Bennett, Rachel (2021) Bad for the health of the body, worse for the health of the mind : female responses to imprisonment in England, 1853-1869. Social History of Medicine, 34 (2). pp. 532-552. hkz066. doi:10.1093/shm/hkz066

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Abstract

Upon committal to one of the newly established female convict prisons in the mid-nineteenth century, women entered a system intended to regulate them in body and in mind for the ends of reform. This article interrogates how women’s health needs were identified and contested by the prison officials and doctors tasked with their custody and care. It highlights the importance of broader temporal gender beliefs in dictating their treatment in this carceral space and explores how the women themselves exercised agency over the terms of their imprisonment. In addition, it reveals the previously underexplored transference of women between the institutions that made up the female convict estate that was prompted by concerns about the impact of a rigorous prison system on their physical and mental health.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Women prisoners -- England -- History -- 19th century , Reformatories for women -- England -- History -- 19th century, Women prisoners -- Health and hygiene, Women prisoners -- Mental health, Women prisoners -- Services for
Journal or Publication Title: Social History of Medicine
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 0951-631X
Official Date: May 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
May 2021Published
18 January 2020Available
20 June 2019Accepted
Volume: 34
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 532-552
Article Number: hkz066
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkz066
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Social History of Medicine following peer review. The version of record [insert complete citation information here] is available online at: xxxxxxx [insert URL and DOI of the article on the OUP website].
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
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Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
103341/Z/13/ZWellcome Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010269
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