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Headword Date Article Type
Penitentiary Act; Panopticon 1779 Topics
Fry, Elizabeth 1780 - 1845 People
Transportation of convicts to Australia begins 1787 Topics
First British penal settlement is founded at Botany Bay 1788 Topics
Society for the Suppression of Vice established 1802 Topics Short note
Transportation of serious convicts to Van Diemen's Land begins 1803 Topics
Millbank Penitentiary opens 1821 - 1890 Topics Short note
Gaols Act 1823 Topics Short note
Robert Peel allows employment of transported convicts in colonies 1823 Topics Short note
Robert Peel reforms criminal law 1827 Topics Short note
Pentonville Prison founded 1842 Topics
Britain agrees to stop convict transportation to Van Diemen's Land 1852 Topics
House of Commons votes to abolish death penalty 1964 Topics
Thirty-eight prisoners escape from Maze Prison 1983 Topics
Strangeways Prison riots 1990 Topics

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