‘Fitted both Morally and Physically to Fulfil his Proper Duties in the Battle of Life’? – The Effectiveness or Otherwise of Penal Servitude and Imprisonment 1853–2021

This article is a response to two questions posed in an published the first volume of Howard Journal. That asked, ‘should penal servitude be abolished?’ and also discussed merits ‘preventive detention’, which so-called ‘habitual’ criminals could imprisoned for up ten years after their original sentence had expired, order keep public safe extended time. The current therefore looks at limitations problems (which operated from 1853 until 1948) together with brief examination success or otherwise preventive detention.