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17-454: The Penitentiary Act ( 19 Geo. 3 . c. 74) 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

34-509: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 19 Geo. 3 Interregnum (1642–1660) Rescinded (1639–1651) This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1779 . For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland . See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland . For acts passed from 1801 onwards, see

51-446: Is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that

68-433: Is not an essential part, nor indeed any part of the penitentiary system, I had forgot the original Penitentiary Act, 19 Geo. III. c. 74; solitude extends neither to 'labour,' not 'devotion,' not 'meal,' nor 'airing.'" Bentham denoted that differences of law are to different corresponding sets of powers and duties ; in his Panoptican he wrote this part and referred again to this act: "To join interest with duty, and that by

85-587: The list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament , the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly , and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru ; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland . The number shown after each act's title

102-702: The National Assembly for Wales , passed by Senedd Cymru (the Welsh Parliament; or simply the Senedd) from its establishment as the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 until the present. Following the passing of the Government of Wales Act 2006 , the (then) National Assembly was conferred with the power to pass Measures on 3 May 2007. It has no longer been possible for the Senedd to pass Measures since 5 May 2011, when it

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170-512: The Parliament of the United Kingdom (such as the Short Titles Act 1896 ). Before the Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793 came into force on 8 April 1793, acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain were deemed to have come into effect on the first day of the session in which they were passed. Because of this, the years given in the list below may in fact be the year before a particular act

187-600: The initial fighting in the American Rebellion and the government's attendant decision, by the Criminal Law Act 1776 ( 16 Geo. 3 . c. 43), to temporarily halt use of the American Colonies as the standard destination for transported criminals. As early as 1777, Howard had produced a report to a House of Commons select committee which identified appalling conditions in most of the prisons he had inspected. While

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204-422: The modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain did not have a short title ; however, some of these acts have subsequently been given a short title by acts of

221-487: The purpose of the Act had been to create a network of state-operated prisons, and despite its passage through Parliament , the act resulted only in considerable study of methods, alternatives and possible locations; no prisons would be built as a direct result of the act, although the prison network and alternatives would be created over time. Jeremy Bentham in his panopticon footnotes that: "In showing that absolute solitude

238-554: The strongest cement that can be found, is the object to which they point. To join interest with duty, is the object avowed to be aimed at by the act. The emolument of the governor is to be proportioned in a certain way to the success of the management. Why? that it may be 'his interest' to make a successful business of it, 'as well as his duty.'" This plan was adopted by Jeremy Bentham as particular to prisons, poorhouses, lazarettos, houses of industry, manufactories, hospitals, workhouses, madhouses, and schools. A series of letters written in

255-639: The year 1787, from Crecheff in White Russia to a friend in England, is also elaborate to the Liberal ground of that time. His Pathoscopic (sensitive-faculty-regarding) Pneumatology (spirit-regarding or mind-regarding) is divided into Ergastic (work-producing) and Anergastic (no-work-producing), which this branch is regarded in Ethics . This article relating to law in the United Kingdom , or its constituent jurisdictions,

272-531: Was instead conferred with the power to pass Acts of Senedd Cymru (then known as Acts of the National Assembly for Wales) following a referendum . On 6 May 2020, the National Assembly for Wales was renamed Senedd Cymru (or, in English, the Welsh Parliament). List of measures of the National Assembly for Wales from 2008 List of measures of the National Assembly for Wales from 2009 List of measures of

289-424: Was passed. The fifth session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain , which met from 26 November 1778 until 3 July 1779. This session was also traditionally cited as 19 G. 3 . List of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru This is a list of acts of Senedd Cymru (referred to as acts of the National Assembly for Wales if passed before 6 May 2020) and measures of

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