Some Information Regarding the Prisons of Galaţi (Galatz) at the Middle of the XIXth Century
Some Information Regarding the Prisons of Galaţi (Galatz) at the Middle of the XIXth Century
Author(s): Constantin ArdeleanuSubject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Penal Policy
Published by: Muzeul de Istorie „Paul Păltănea” Galaţi
Keywords: Galaţi; Moldavia; penitentiary system; prisoners; foreign travellers; British vice-consul
Summary/Abstract: As few information is kown regarding the situation of the prisons from Galaţi during the period of the Règlements Organiques, this paper brings to the fore two interesting testimonies regarding the condition of the prisoners from Galaţi: the unpublished reports written by the British vice-consul at Galaţi, Charles Cunningham, and by doctor Wagner, who accompanied the British official in his visit to the local prison, in March 1845, after the death of a British citizen in the prison of Galaţi, and the details provided in his travel journal by Benjamin Nicolas Marie Appert, general chief of the French prisons, who visited the Romanian Principalities in 1851.
Journal: Danubius
- Issue Year: XXIX/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 163-167
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
