Music and prison reform in a 19th-century Australian penal colony.

What is it about?

Investigates the role of music in Alexander Maconochie's seminal experiment in the reform of prison management. Maconochie was one of the reformers most important in developing humane penal regimes, laying the groundwork for modern systems such as parole and remission of sentence, and the use of cultural programs in prison.

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