Penitentiary Act 1779
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Penitentiary Act 1779
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The Penitentiary Act was a British Act of Parliament passed in 1779 which introduced a policy of state prisons for the first time. The Act was drafted by the prison reformer John Howard and the jurist William Blackstone and recommended imprisonment as an alternative sentence to death or transportation. The prison population in England and Wales had swollen following the initial fighting in the American Rebellion and the government's attendant decision, by the Criminal Law Act 1776, to temporaril
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penitentiary_Act_1779
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2024-04-12T11:57:30Z
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