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 | Maconochie's Gentlemen: The Story of Norfolk Island and the Roots of Modern Prison Reform (Studies in Crime and Public Policy) by Norval Morris Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-19-516912-3 / 0195169123 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-516912-6 / 9780195169126 In 1840, Alexander Maconochie, a privileged retired naval captain, became at his own request superintendent of two thousand twice-convicted prisoners on Norfolk Island, a thousand miles off the coast of Australia. In four years, Maconochie transformed what was one of the most brutal convict settleme | |