Whips to Walls: Naval Discipline from Flogging to Progressive-Era Reform at Portsmouth Prison - Brossura

Watterson, Rodney K.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1612514456 ISBN 13: 9781612514451

Casa editrice: Naval Inst Pr, 2014

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The abolishment of flogging in 1850 started the U.S. Navy on a quest for a prison system that culminated with the opening of Portsmouth Naval Prison in 1908. During World War I, that prison became the center of the Navy's attempt to reform what many considered outdated means of punishment. Driven by Progressive Era ideals and led by Thomas Mott Osborne, cell doors remained opened, inmates governed themselves, and thousands of rehabilitated prisoners were returned to the fleet. Championed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt, Osborne's reforms proceeded positively until Vice Adm. William. Sims and others became convinced that too many troublemakers were being returned to the fleet. In response, FDR led an on-site investigation of conditions at Portsmouth prison, which included charges of gross mismanagement and rampant homosexual activity. Although exonerated, Osborne resigned and initiatives were quickly reversed as the Navy returned to a harsher system.

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During World War I the U.S. Navy conducted what many penal scholars consider the most ambitious experiment in the history of Progressive Era prison reform at the Portsmouth Naval Prison in New Hampshire. Cell doors remained open, prisoners governed themselves, and thousands of rehabilitated inmates returned to the fleet. This humanitarian experiment stood in stark contrast to the tradition of flogging that dominated naval discipline until 1850. The Navy's journey between these two extremes included the development of a much-needed naval prison system.

In 1917, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt chose the most celebrated prison reformer of his era, Thomas Mott Osborne, to assume command of the Portsmouth prison. Osborne's reforms at Portsmouth were well received until Vice Adm. William S. Sims and others became convinced that too many troublemakers were being returned to the fleet. Under mounting pressure, Roosevelt personally led an on-site investigation of conditions at the Portsmouth prison, which included charges of gross mismanagement and rampant homosexual activity. Although exonerated by Roosevelt's team, Osborne resigned from the Navy shortly after the inquiry. Osborne's reform initiatives were quickly reversed as the Navy returned to a harsher punishment system.

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• Editore: Naval Inst Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1612514456
• ISBN 13: 9781612514451
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 245