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| Thomas Savage, 11, was given 4 days hard labor and 10 strokes of a birch cane at Wandsworth Prison for stealing some iron, in December 1872. |
In the early 1870s, Wandsworth Prison in London produced haunting photographs of child offenders, many of whom were harshly punished for petty thefts that today would barely merit a warning.
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| Thomas Goodstone, 14, was given 14 days hard labor at Wandsworth Prison for stealing 7lbs of pork over the Christmas period in 1872. |
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