Do you know what Marshalsea is?
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The Marshalsea was a prison on the south bank of the River Thames in Southwark, now part of London. From at least 1329 until it closed in 1842, it housed men under court martial for crimes at sea, including those who had committed "unnatural crimes"; political figures and intellectuals accused of sedition or other inappropriate behaviour; and—most famously—London's debtors, the length of their stay determined largely by the whim of their creditors
Just like it is now, private prisons ran for profit! will society ever break free?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshalsea
Just like it is now, private prisons ran for profit! will society ever break free?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshalsea
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