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Foreign News
October 20, 1818
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Report on rising juvenile crime in London: 123 boys under 17 imprisoned in Newgate in 1813, doubling to 247 in 1816 and reaching 359 in 1817, with even larger totals when including other prisons and undetected cases.
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Juvenile Depravity. —By reference to the Criminal Calendar it will appear, that in the year 1813, one hundred and twenty-three boys of 17 years of age, and under, were confined in Newgate only ; but in 1816, two hundred and forty-seven such children were found within the walls of that prison, being just double the number during period of three years. In 1817, the list of boys thus imprisoned, amounted to three hundred and fifty nine. And when we add to these the number confined in other prisons; those summarily convicted for petty offences, by the Magistrates ; those tried at the Clerkenwell, Westminster, and Southwark Sessions ; those who escape detection ; and those who through the lenity of their prosecutors are not brought to trial, the evil is enormous —London Paper.
What sub-type of article is it?
Juvenile Crime
Prison Statistics
What keywords are associated?
Juvenile Depravity
Newgate Prison
Boys Imprisoned
Criminal Calendar
London Crime
Where did it happen?
London
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
London
Event Date
1813 1817
Outcome
123 boys under 17 in newgate 1813; 247 in 1816; 359 in 1817; larger totals including other prisons and cases
Event Details
Increasing numbers of boys aged 17 and under confined in Newgate prison from 1813 to 1817, with additional imprisonments in other facilities, summary convictions, sessions trials, undetected offenders, and those not prosecuted, indicating enormous evil.