Article ID: CBB001552752

The (In)salubrity of Prison Life and Other Causes of Death in Porto Alegre Prison, 1855--1888 (2015)

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Cesar, Tiago da Silva (Author)


História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 22, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 829-848


Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Portuguese.
Language: Portuguese

The article analyzes the flow of penal sensitivities in relation to medical and health care provided to prisoners in Porto Alegre Prison between 1855 and 1888. The internalization and the instrumentalization of concepts such as “humanity” and “civilization,” especially by those individuals involved directly or with strong chances of influencing changes pertaining to penal issues, are observed. Indeed, in addition to generating favorable public opinion, the concerns of governing authorities and leading lights led to the development of concrete measures and practices that increased the minimum subsistence offered to the imprisoned class. This process, however, was far from linear and harmonic as witnessed by the diseases and the precariousness of prison life.

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Authors & Contributors
Marland, Hilary
Cox, Catherine
Pimenta, Tânia Salgado
Edwards, Ryan Christopher
Barreto, Maria Renilda Nery
Blue, Ethan
Journals
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Health and History
Agricultural History
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
History of Psychology
Publishers
Cornell University
Cambridge University Press
McGill-Queen's University Press
Rutgers University Press
University of California Press
University of Minnesota Press
Concepts
Prisoners
Prisons
Disease and diseases
Medicine
Health care
Carceral studies
People
Zimbardo, Philip G.
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
18th century
21st century
Places
Brazil
Ireland
United States
Argentina
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Institutions
Stanford University
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