Until the early 1800s in the United States, correctional officials followed the European practice of corporal punishment to reprimand criminal behavior.

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Until the early 1800s, the United States, like Europe, commonly used corporal punishment as a method to punish and deter criminal behavior, before gradually shifting towards the prison system and other forms of incarceration.

Until the Early 1800s in the United States, Correctional Officials