Crofton system

Meaning

Proper Noun

A system of prison discipline involving periods of confinement to one's cell, associated imprisonment under the mark system, restraint intermediate between imprisonment and freedom, and liberation on ticket of leave.

Origin

Named after Sir Walter Crofton, Irish penologist.

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