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What is The Penitentiary Act of 1779 Explained about?

This article examines the series of legislative measures between 1776-1779 that ultimately resulted in the passage of the Penitentiary Act of 1779. It argues that while the Penitentiary Act was significant for introducing imprisonment at hard labor as a punishment, the act that passed was more modest than originally envisioned. The act represented a retreat from replacing transportation with imprisonment due to pragmatic concerns about the preferences of legislators and local authorities. The course of even

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AdrianDawidWesołowski

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