Janet Vaughan (Talking Birds) reflects on the connections between history and theatrical performance and the staging of Disorder Contained
Category: Separate System
Using Innovative Theatrical Strategies to Explore Solitary Confinement
Talking Birds Theatre company explore the impact of solitary confinement and its relationship to mental breakdown
Separate Confinement and Insanity at Mountjoy Convict Prison, Dublin 1850-55
Associate Professor Catherine Cox explores the introduction of separate confinement to
Mountjoy Convict Prison, Dublin
Beyond Reading Gaol: Prison Writings and Mental Illness
Drawing on research from our ‘Prisoners and Mental Illness’ theme, Hilary Marland reveals how nineteenth-century prison memoirs illuminate experiences of mental breakdown in prison
Mentally Disordered Prisoners: Drawing on History
Hilary Marland and Catherine Cox reflect on the history of prisoner mental health
Prisoners and Mental Illness in Prisons, 1850–2000
Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland
Mental breakdown was often attributed to the intrinsic mental weakness of the prison population …
Exploring the history of prisoner health 