German and Austrian Prisons: Prisons of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Austria-Hungary; the Fortresses of Magdeburg and Spielberg

· 1908

The Bruchsal in Baden--The Moabit in Berlin, the prison Stein--Penal methods in force--Adoption of solitary confinement not universally accepted--Bruchsal opened in 1848--Penal methods employed--The annex where prisoners are kept in association--The Protestant brotherhood and their work in the Moabit prison--Munich--The work of Obermaier--Bavarian penal code--Capital Punishment--Long Trials--Case of Riembauer--Hans Leuss’ account of Celle and his imprisonment there--Flogging--The “bed of lathes”--Zwickau in Saxony--Humane treatment in force--Heilbronn--Prison reform in Austrian and Hungarian prisons--Three new prisons erected in Austria-Hungary. The cellular prison at Bruchsal in the grand-…

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