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unusual facts about prison reform



Anne Isabella Byron, Baroness Byron

Ultimately her relationship with Byron defined her life, though she committed herself to social causes, such as prison reform and the abolition of slavery.

Theodore William Dwight

Dwight was particularly interested in prison reform; he collaborated on A Report on Prisons and Reformatories in the United States and Canada (1867), served as president of the New York Prison Association, and was a delegate to the International Prison Congress at Stockholm in 1878.


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Gaols Act 1823

The idea of prison reform was promoted in the early 19th century by Elizabeth Fry and her brother Joseph John Gurney.

Old Melbourne Gaol

The design was based on that of British prison engineer Joshua Jebb, and especially the designs for the Pentonville Model Prison in London (which suited the current prison reform theories at the time).

The Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013

It is related to the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013, the Federal Prison Reform Act of 2013 (S. 1783) and others, in an effort to deal with the overcrowded, and underfunded, federal prison system.

Up the Ridge

Up the Ridge was created as a part of the Thousand Kites project, a nonprofit organization aimed at exacting prison reform through narrative means.

William J. McCormack

He is the son of a British Colonial Police colonel who was decorated with an MBE by the King for his work with prison reform and children's polio.