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    of quality. The Prison Act 1865 had increased central controls over these prisons, but local practices continued to vary widely. In 1877, Parliament took...
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    His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons is the head of HM Inspectorate of Prisons and the senior inspector of prisons, young offender institutions and...
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  • Prison Commission was established under the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 53) as a statutory board to administer and inspect prisons in...
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    uniformity in the country but local prisons remained under the control of magistrates until the Prison Act 1877. The American separate system attracted...
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  • Prison Act (with its variations) refers to legislation relating to prisons. The Prison Act 1995 The Prison (Escape) Act 1706 (1 Ann. c. 1) The Prison...
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    management of prisons, and for the classification, treatment, employment, discipline and control of persons required to be detained therein. "Prison Act 1952"...
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    repealed in 1927. It amended the Prison Act 1877 to confirm and clarify the system for granting pension annuities to prison officers, stating that they were...
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    civilian population to include prisons, based on ethical grounds. It is recognized that unsafe and unsanitary prisons violate constitutional prohibitions...
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    for Somerset under the Prison Act 1877. Notorious Bristol "baby farmer" Amelia Dyer spent six months at Shepton Mallet Prison. Her trial was held at Long...
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    York Castle (category Defunct prisons in North Yorkshire)
    York. Visits by the prison reformer John Howard as part of the research for his book The State of the Prisons found these prisons flawed, but in relatively...
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    Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Prison Act 1877 c. 21 — repealed by Prison Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52) Prisons (Scotland) Act 1877 c...
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    campaigned against the often primitive conditions in gaols, and under the Prison Act 1877 they came under Home Office control. Until the 19th century law enforcement...
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    House. Following the implementation of the Prison Act 1877 which transferred responsibility for Kirkdale Prison to the state it became necessary the establish...
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    Marshalsea (redirect from Marshalsea Prison)
    rooms in a cellar. Before the Gaols Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 64), then the Prisons Act 1835 and the Prison Act 1877, they were administered by the royal...
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    majority of prisons in the UK were still only offering the most basic education courses. By 1958, while the number of educational staff in prisons had increased...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1877. 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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    The Prisons (Property) Act 2013 (c. 11) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which will make provision for the destruction of certain property...
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  • Freshwater Fisheries Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 39) Prisons Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 21) Bankruptcy (Office Accommodation) Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c...
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  • former Australian prisons for adult males and females and youth detention centres for juveniles. Prisons listed as "museum" are former prisons that are now...
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  • The Scottish Prisons Commission was a commission established by the Scottish Government in 2007 to "analyse the impact for courts, prisons and community...
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