Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
|
| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
Hulks Act
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Great_Britain
|
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1779
|
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
first attempt at systematic prison reform in Britain
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
John Howard's prison reform work
|
| gptkbp:mandate |
improvement of prison conditions
construction of state prisons |
| gptkbp:proposedBy |
gptkb:Jeremy_Bentham
gptkb:John_Howard gptkb:William_Blackstone Sir William Eden |
| gptkbp:purpose |
reform of prison system
|
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:19th_century
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
establishment of national penitentiaries
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Corrections_and_Conditional_Release_Act
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Penitentiary Act
|