Alexander Maconochie (penal reformer)
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Alexander Maconochie (penal reformer)
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Alexander Maconochie was a Scottish naval officer, geographer and penal reformer. In 1840, Maconochie became the Governor of Norfolk Island, a prison island in which convicts were treated with severe brutality and were seen as lost causes. Upon reaching the island, Maconochie immediately instituted policies that restored dignity to prisoners and achieved remarkable success in prisoner rehabilitation. Those policies were well in advance of their time, but Maconochie was politically undermined. Hi
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Scottish naval officer, geographer, and penal reformer (1787-1860)
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2024-04-02T22:04:08Z
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