Penal Servitude
Johnston, Helen / Godfrey, Barry / Cox, David J.![Penal Servitude](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/360/36054770/CHSBZCOP0336054770.jpg)
Established in 1853, after the end of penal transportation to Australia, the convict prison system and the sentence of penal servitude was the most severe form of punishment--short of death--in the criminal justice system, and remained so for nearly a century. Penal Servitude is the first comprehensive study to examine the convict prison system that housed all those who were sentenced to penal servitude during this time. Helen Johnston, Barry ...