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Debtors Prison

Owing money and being in debt today as we all know is stressful and inflicts pressure onto families, especially in many cases where you are struggling to keep up with re payments. Well this article can make you feel a little bit better about being in debt in today’s day and age. 
	If you were in dept in the time of your Victorian ancestors you would be sent to a debtor’s prison which is commonly seen and referred to in many Charles Dickens novels such as Oliver Twist and Little Dorrit. The Debtors prison was slightly different to a standard prison because you were not sent there to be punished, but to be confined. You were housed and separated in place that was cut off from the rest of the world. You were free to buy food from a miniature market and life was more relaxing than it would be in a standard prison. However the conditions of the debtor’s prison were far from luxury and many people died of starvation and disease and normally, if a debtor had family, then they would accompany him also in the prison. 
	
One Example Of Debtors Menu:
"Breakfast, Males - 1 Pint of Oatmeal Gruel, 8oz of Bread
Females - 1 Pint of Oatmeal Gruel, 6oz of Bread.
Dinner on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for Males - 1 pint of Soup, 8oz of Bread, and for Females - 1 pint of Soup, 6oz of Bread.
Dinner on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday for Males - 3oz of cooked Meat without bone, half a pound of potatoes, 8oz of Bread. For Females - 3oz of cooked Meat without bone, half a pound of potatoes, 6oz of Bread. 
Supper same as Breakfast every day".
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