Charles (Jean-Marie) Lucas

Charles (Jean-Marie) Lucas, born in Saint-Brieuc, on 9 May 1803, died in Paris on 20 December 1889) was a French prison reformer.

[1][2] Lucas was a French jurist and administrator, author of many books and articles on the abolition of the death penalty, the theory of preventive detention, law enforcement and imprisonment, and finally the civilization of war.

In September 1820 while he was still a student, he began to recite poems on the birth of Henri, Count of Chambord the Duke of Bordeaux.

Lucas dedicated his career and his life to three major reforms: the abolition of capital punishment; the theory of preventive, punitive and penitentiary imprisonment; and finally the civilization of war.

Beneficial men, Chamber of Peers (France), deputies, Conseiller d'État, magistrates, citizens, responding to the call of Charles Lucas.