biography
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| (1726–90)
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| biography:
| Prison reformer, born in London, UK. While travelling in Europe he was captured by the French, and spent some time in prison at Brest. In 1773 he became high sheriff for Bedfordshire, and began a series of tours in which he investigated the condition of prisons and prisoners. As a result, two acts were passed in 1774, one providing for fixed salaries to jailers, and the other enforcing cleanliness. He died of typhus, contracted while visiting a military hospital in Kherson, Russia. The Howard League for Penal Reform, founded in 1866, is named after him. |
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