Non-Criminal Prisons English Debtor's Prisons and Prisons of War; French War Prisons; American War Prisons with References to Those of Other Lands

"Non-Criminal Prisons" by Arthur Griffiths is a late 1800's historical look at different kinds of prisons that held people who were not necessarily criminals. It looks into how English debtor prisons and military detention centers treated people throughout history. Individuals were locked up, sometimes unfairly, because they owed money or were prisoners captured during war. The book shows the harsh things they faced and how society was affected by these actions. The author starts by explaining the idea of non-criminal imprisonment, talking about the history of when people who hadn't committed crimes were locked up. It describes the difficult truths for those owing money and war prisoners, pointing out systems set up to financially benefit from this practice. The book thinks about the unfairness caused by those who a person owed money to, and the cruel conditions that people lived in. It provides an overview of legal systems which ultimately made these problems possible.