What was the effect of Elizabeth work on other prisoners
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Elizabeth Fry was born in 1780 in Norwich, Norfolk to the Gurney's who were a Quaker family. When Fry was 18, she was inspired to help the less fortunate. She started by teaching children to read and spent time working with charities in London and later in East Ham. She married her husband, Joseph Fry, when she was 20, and they had eleven, yes, eleven, children - six daughters and five sons.
Fry's First Visit to a Prison
Shortly after she married, Elizabeth visited her first prison. In 1812, she visited Newgate Prison, which was a prison that held both men and women. Fry was distraught over the conditions of the prison. She saw how dirty, unsanitary, and overcrowded the prison was.
Fry just could not sit back and watch the prisoners live in such conditions so she started a movement for change. According to Fry, everyone deserved a chance to learn and reform. Fry petitioned and campaigned for cleaner and more sanitary prison systems. She also worked to reform prisoners.
Prison Reform
After her visit to Newgate in 1812, Fry decided to stay a night in a prison in 1813. There is no specific reason that prompted Fry to stay in the prison in 1813, but she did and learned firsthand about the conditions of prison.
This actually became common for her to spend nights in different prisons. When she stayed over night at the prison in 1813, she brought in clean clothes and food. She also encouraged the prisoners to take better care of themselves. Fry started working with the more educated prisoners and had them lead the less educated prisoners. The more educated prisoners taught the other prisoners self -respect and how to properly care for themselves. Fry felt that the more self-respect the prisoners had for themselves the more likely they would be to reform. She had all prisoners clean their cells and discussed proper hygiene with them. Her mission was to reform the prisons and to start with the prisoners by teaching them better self-care habits.