Jail Society

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Medieval prisons were mainly castle dungeons. Later, different types of strongholds for internment of criminals came into being: municipal jails, located at the town hall or Rathaus, and separate prisons for debtors. Prisons held both men and women together; segregation was only based on social status and the severity of the crime.
Prison was not intended to serve a remedial function, as nowadays, but rather as a temporary stay for convicts before the execution of their sentence. No one wanted to have to feed prisoners long-term.

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