THE ENGLISH PRISON SYSTEM
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
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MELBOURNE
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
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THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.
TORONTO
THE
ENGLISH PRISON
SYSTEM
BY
Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise, K.C.B.
CHAIRMAN OF THE PRISON COMMISSION FOR
ENGLAND AND WALES
AND
PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRISON COMMISSION
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1921
COPYRIGHT
| LIST OF CHAPTERS. | ||
| PAGE. | ||
| Preface | i | |
| CHAPTER. | ||
| I. | The Meaning of Prison Reform | 1 |
| II. | The Prison Commission: Offences, and Punishments | 18 |
| III. | The History of Penal Servitude | 23 |
| IV. | Penal Servitude to-day | 39 |
| V. | Preventive Detention | 49 |
| VI. | Imprisonment | 59 |
| VII. | The Inquiry of 1894: the Prison Act, 1898: andthe Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914. | 75 |
| VIII. | The Borstal System | 85 |
| IX. | The Handmaids of the Prison System— (1) TheChildren Act, 1898; (2) The Probation Act,1907. | 101 |
| X. | Female Offenders | 114 |
| XI. | Educative, Moral, and Religious Influences inPrison | 124 |
| XII. | Labour in English Prisons | 131 |
| XIII. | (1) Vagrancy; (2) Inebriety | |