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GCSE History · key term
The nickname for the 1913 law allowing hunger-striking prisoners to be temporarily released when seriously ill and rearrested after recovering.
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Paper 2
Revise: The Rise of Labour and the Women’s Suffrage MovementThe Cat and Mouse Act of 1913 allowed prisoners weakened by hunger strikes to be temporarily released and then rearrested after recovery. The state was trying to maintain control without allowing prisoners to die in custody, but its treatment of campaigners also created sympathy for them.
Paper 1
The nickname for the 1913 law allowing prisoners weakened by hunger strikes to be temporarily released and then rearrested after recovering.
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In 1913, the government introduced the measure nicknamed the Cat and Mouse Act. Prisoners weakened by hunger strikes could be released temporarily, then rearrested after recovering to complete their sentences. It allowed the authorities to avoid keeping dangerously ill prisoners in custody without abandoning their punishment.