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Penitentiary Act 1779

The Penitentiary Act 1779 was a act of the Parliament of Great Britain 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.

Subsequent developments
The act was continued from the from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 June 1793 by section 2 of the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 24). So much of the act "as relates to the Punishment of burning in the Hand of certain Persons convicted of Felony with the Benefit of Clergy" was made perpetual by section 1 of the Punishment of Burning in the Hand Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 45). The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116). == Notes ==
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