1 For Britain Criminal Justice Bill to Conform to Modern Views Londdn, Nov. 17.
Drastic prison reforms planned by the Government are described in a Criminal Justice Bill, which has just been published.
The reforms include the abolition of corporal punishment, (except for serious prison offences, the abolition of penal servitude, hard labour and the ticket of leave system and the abolition Jof the use of words like convict.
The proposals are designed to bring the system more into line with modern medical views.—Reuter,
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