It was the same Christian impetus that led to the formation in the 1870s of Scotland's first prison visiting committees. Their work, upholding prisoners' rights and opening the penal system to public scrutiny, has continued more or less unabated ever since.
So, if prison visiting committees ain't broke ...
Visiting prisons is one of the seven virtues recorded in the 15th-century carvings at Rosslyn Chapel.
It was the same Christian impetus that led to the formation in the 1870s of Scotland's first prison visiting committees. Their work, upholding prisoners' rights and opening the penal system to public scrutiny, has continued more or less unabated ever since.
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