Associations to the word «Crofton»

Wiktionary

CROFTON SYSTEM, proper noun. (historical) A system of prison discipline involving periods of confinement to one's cell, associated imprisonment under the mark system, restraint intermediate between imprisonment and freedom, and liberation on ticket of leave.

Wise words

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