Prisons timeline - Timeline

1816: Milbank prison built in London

1823: Robert Peel's Gaol Act passed

1824: Prison discipline Act - JPs ordered to inspect prisons

1839: Prisons Act advocates separate system in prisons

1835: Government inspectors appointed to check prisons

1842: Pentonville prison built on sight of old Milbank prison

1865: Prisons Act emphasises retribution and deterrent purpose of prisons

1866: Howard Association created to campaign on prison conditions

1877: All prisons brought under control of National Prisons Commission

1898: Prison Act emphasises rehabilitation and reform of prisoners

Development of prisons in the 19th century