Workroom, on the silent system, at the House of Correction, Tothill Fields
Book illustration of the 'Workroom, on the silent system, at the House of Correction, Tothill Fields' from page 279 of 'The criminal prisons of London and scenes of prison life' by Henry Mayhew and John Binny. The authors are critical of both pointless work, such as the treadmill, and the silent system which they see as a form of "refined tyranny".
