Prison
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Contents
9 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Orientation
We stand now in a location where the air was once thick with the despair of the dispossessed. This area of Southwark, near the modern Waterloo, was for centuries the site of the Marshalsea, London's most notorious debtors' prison. …
Listen in the app2The Debtors' Reality — Dickens and the Marshalsea
In the nineteenth century, the Marshalsea was a chaotic, crowded institution where poverty was treated as a crime. Unlike criminal prisons, debtors were often responsible for their own upkeep, leading to a system where those with…
Listen in the app3Alcatraz — The Inescapable Rock
Turning our gaze across the Atlantic, we encounter the polar opposite of the Marshalsea’s family-oriented chaos: Alcatraz Island. Known as 'The Rock,' this federal prison operated from 1934 to 1963 in the middle of San Francisco…
Listen in the app4Hoa Lo — The Hanoi Hilton Paradox
In the heart of Hanoi, Vietnam, sits Hoa Lo Prison, a site that illustrates the brutal shift from colonial control to wartime propaganda. Originally built by the French in 1896 to detain Vietnamese revolutionaries, it was known…
Listen in the app5CECOT — The New Era of the Mega-Prison
The modern extreme of incarceration can be found in El Salvador at CECOT (Terrorism Confinement Center). Opened in 2022, it is the world's largest prison by capacity, designed to hold 40,000 members of the MS13 and Barrio 18…
Listen in the app6Finland — The Tech-Driven Open Prison
At the opposite end of the spectrum is the Finnish 'open prison' system, a reimagining of incarceration that began seventy years ago. In Finland, the philosophy is one of 'normality'—the idea that prisoners should be treated as…
Listen in the app7The Solitary Experience — A Universal Horror
Returning to our site in Southwark, we must address the most profound and terrifying aspect of incarceration: solitary confinement. Across all the systems we have discussed—from the isolation cells of the Marshalsea to the 'hole'…
Listen in the app8The Marshalsea and the Philosophy of Incarceration
Our journey through the history of incarceration brings us back to the present, here in Southwark. We have traveled from the family-filled rooms of the debtors' prison to the silent cages of Alcatraz, the propaganda-filled halls…
Listen in the app9Closing
Our journey through the history of incarceration brings us back to the present, here in Southwark. We have traveled from the family-filled rooms of the debtors' prison to the silent cages of Alcatraz, the propaganda-filled halls…
Listen in the app
What is Prison?
Prison is a place with 9 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Type | Content |
|---|---|
| Story sections | 9 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 51.5000, -0.1100 |
| Last updated |
