Convict Voyages -LRB- NUMBER@1 -RRB- : Overview , by PERSON@1 , Early MISC@1 , January NUMBER@2 , NUMBER@3 In the 16th century in LOCATION@1 , the state first tried to give housing to vagrants instead of punishing them , by introducing bridewells to take vagrants and train them for a profession .

History In the sixteenth century in LOCATION@1 , the state first tried to give housing to vagrants instead of punishing them .
