Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain.
Legislation introduced by Robert Peel that attempted to standardise prison conditions, including paying gaolers and separating prisoners by gender and offense severity.
Gaols Act 1823 appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Crime and Punishment in Britain and Whitechapel, especially Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain and Case Studies: Pentonville Prison and Robert Peel.
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