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    The Gaol Act (4 Geo. 4. c. 64), sometimes called the Gaol Act 1823, the Gaols Act 1823, the Gaols, etc. (England) Act 1823, the Prison Act 1823, or the...
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    Marshalsea (redirect from Gaols Committee)
    couple of 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...
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    1824, 54 prisons had adopted this means of discipline. Robert Peel's Gaols Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 64) attempted to impose uniformity in the country but...
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    Peel's Acts. He reformed the gaol system, introducing payment for gaolers and education for the inmates in the Gaols Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 64). In 1827...
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  • Act 1807 (47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 47) Prize Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. 100) Registering of Vessels Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 41) Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act...
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    Section 4 of the act provided that the act did not affect the powers conferred by Prisons Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 38) or Gaols Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c....
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    has been called the "Angel of Prisons". She was instrumental in the 1823 Gaols Act which mandated sex-segregation of prisons and female warders for female...
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    1824, 54 prisons had adopted this means of discipline. Robert Peel's Gaols Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 64) attempted to impose uniformity in the country but...
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    convicts transported to the colonies to be employed on public works and the Gaols Act of July 10 begins the process of prison reform based on the campaign of...
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    Section 4 of the act provided that the act did not affect the powers conferred by Prisons Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 38) or Gaols Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c....
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