The Prison System in England & Wales, 1878-1978 |
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abolished adult prisoners Advisory Council amongst Prison appointment arrangements Boards of Visitors Borstal Association borstal system borstal training broad arrow centralised Chairman Commissioners convict crop CONVICT PRISON SERVICE corrective training crank or treadwheel Criminal Justice Act detention centres Director of Convict earn remission Edmund du Cane educational facilities efforts emphasis England and Wales extended Gladstone Report Home Office Home Secretary hulks increase increasingly complex nature inmates introduced labour large number local prisons maximum security ment Mountbatten Report Norwich system number of prisoners oakum open conditions open prison organise overcrowding particularly Paterson penal servitude Penal System Pentonville periods of imprisonment pre-release hostel preventive detention PRISON ACT 1898 Prison Commission Prison Department Prison Officers prison population prison system prisoners and borstal probation and after-care providing recognised recommended responsibilities for after-care role Second World War sentence of corrective significant Sir Edmund solitary confinement tenced Wakefield warders welfare White Paper young offenders