Step-by-step explanation:
Before the 1950s, prison conditions were grim. Inmates were regularly caged and chained, often in places like cellars and closets also physically abuse was common.They tended to be damp, unhealthy, insanitary and over-crowded. All kinds of prisoners were mixed in together, as at Coldbath Fields: men, women, children; the insane; serious criminals and petty criminals; people awaiting trial; and debtors. Each prison was run by the gaoler in his own way.