Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Law of Prisons in England and Wales: Being the Prison Act, 1865 (28& 29 Vict C. 126), And the Prison Act, 1877 (40& 41 Vict, C. 21) With an Analysis of the Acts; Notes; A Selection of Other Acts, and Portion of Acts Still in Force Relating to Prisons; And a Full Index
The Bill which formed the foundation of The Prison Act, 1877, was first introduced into the House of Commons in the month of June, 1876; but, although. It became the subject of several long and able debates, and passed a second reading by the large majority of 199 votes, its withdrawal was subsequently rendered necessary by the pressure of other business, and by the lateness of the period at which the Session of Parlia ment had then arrived.
At the commencement of the Session of 1877, the Bill was again introduced, and after being subjected to an amount of criticism and discussion, both in and out of the Legislature, such as few measures have of late years encountered, it ultimately passed through both Houses of Parliament, and received the Royal assent on the 12th of July in that year.
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