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Reform of Prisons

Great Britain · Government / Coalition Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1853Date range
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Chronological records

1853

George Hamilton-Gordon Aberdeen, 4th1853

Sydney · Government / Coalition Government

The Penal Servitude Act increases prison sentences

Names involved

George Hamilton-Gordon Aberdeen, 4th

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