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Alexander Maconochie  

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  • Alexander Maconochie is an important figure in penal history, known as the originator of the “marks” system. Maconochie developed this strategy of incentives and privileges at the Norfolk Island penal colony in the mid-1800s as a means of managing men who had been deemed uncontrollable. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Maconochie, Alexander]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-L5F4SXRG-G

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