Ireland's 'Moral Hospital' - Reidy, Conor
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This book examines the treatment and reformation of the 'juvenile-adult' offender class at Clonmel borstal in county Tipperary. It was the first and only such institution in Ireland, opened in 1906 for the purpose of reforming male offenders aged between sixteen and twenty-one years. The book looks at the socio-economic background of the inmates, and the strict regime of education, training, and spiritual instruction to which they were subjected. It also considers the provision of supervision and aftercare upon discharge. The book takes account of key external events including the 1916 Rising,…mehr

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This book examines the treatment and reformation of the 'juvenile-adult' offender class at Clonmel borstal in county Tipperary. It was the first and only such institution in Ireland, opened in 1906 for the purpose of reforming male offenders aged between sixteen and twenty-one years. The book looks at the socio-economic background of the inmates, and the strict regime of education, training, and spiritual instruction to which they were subjected. It also considers the provision of supervision and aftercare upon discharge. The book takes account of key external events including the 1916 Rising, the Irish Civil War, and the First and Second World Wars, and their effects on Clonmel borstal. The book allows for comparisons between the administration of the system by the British government prior to Independence and the Irish state after 1921. Two key periods are examined, 1922-24 and 1940-46, when the borstal was removed from Clonmel for military purposes. The book explores the renewed gove