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What were Bridewell prisons mainly used for

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Explanation:The former was due to Edward VI, who gave the palace to the City of London as a hospital, orphanage and prison. Later it was used mainly for the short-term confinement and punishment of petty offenders and those who were regarded as anti-social misfits, such as vagrants, itinerants, vagabonds and loose women

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the punishment of the disorderly poor and housing of homeless children
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