Prisons Act 1840
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1840 c. 25 |
| Year | 1840 |
(3 & 4 Vict.) C A P. XXV.
[3d July 1840]
'WHEREAS by the Statute passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled , it is among other things enacted, that the Prisoners of each Sex in the Gaols and Prisons therein mentioned shall be divided into the Classes therein also mentioned and set forth, and that Debtors in those Prisons in which Debtors may be lawfully confined shall form and constitute the First of such Classes: And whereas in and by such Statute it is also enacted, that certain Rules and Regulations therein prescribed and set forth shall be observed in every Prison inEngland and Wales in addition to and in amendment of the other Rules and Regulations which are in force in such Prisons: And whereas it is expedient that such of the said Rules and Regulations only be applied and observed, in regard to such First Class of Prisoners, as shall be made by the Persons authorized by Law to make Rules and Regulations for the Government of the said Gaols and Prisons, and approved of by One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State: And whereas it is expedient that in every Gaol, House of Correction, Bridewell, and Penitentiary in England and Wales a further Subdivision be made of Prisoners convicted and not sentenced to hard Labour:' Be it therefore declared and enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, Thatso much of the said Act as renders the Rules, Orders, and Regulations therein prescribed and set forth applicable to Debtors shall be repealed.
II Regulations respecting Debtors and Persons convicted of Misdemeanors.
II. And be it enacted, That in every Prison in which Debtors may be lawfully confined the Persons authorized by Law to make Rules and Regulations for the Government of such Prison shall, with the Approval of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, make such Rules, Orders, and Regulations for the good Management of the Debtors confined therein as shall by them from Time to Time be regarded as fit and necessary; and that in every Gaol, House of Correction, Bridewell, and Penitentiary inEngland and Wales Prisoners convicted of Misdemeanors and not sentenced to hard...
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