Was an english prison reformer whose research and writing led to the passage of the penitentiary act of 1779 by the house of commons

John Howard

John Howard drafted the Penitentiary act which introduced a policy of state prisons for the first time. Although he aimed to create a network of state-operated prison through the passage of the act in Parliament, the act resulted only in considerable study of methods, alternatives and possible locations as none were created at the time.

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