'Crofton system' definitions:

Definition of 'Crofton system'

From: GCIDE

Crofton system \Crof"ton sys"tem\ [After Sir Walter Crofton, Irish penologist.] (Penology) A system of prison discipline employing for consecutive periods cellular confinement, associated imprisonment under the mark system, restraint intermediate between imprisonment and freedom, and liberation on ticket of leave. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]