Solitary confinement of prisoners, including the wearing of leather masks and sitting in separate stalls when in chapel, was abolished in the early nineteenth century as being barbaric and uncivilized.

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Solitary confinement practices, including the use of leather masks and separate stalls, were actually introduced in the early nineteenth century as part of the "separate system" to reform prisoners through isolation and reflection.

Solitary Confinement of Prisoners, Including the Wearing of Leather Masks