Punishment

• By 1830 Australia was fully established as a firm part of the British Empire
• Prisons were heavily changed in this period


  Prisons were improved massively as they looked to reform criminals
• The separate and silent systems were criticised for having a negative impact on criminals mental health
• There were growing demands that punishments should look to help criminals reform
• The death penalty did still exist though
• Separate System

  A system trialled in prisons such as Pentonville where criminals were kept in solitary confinement
• Transportation


  Criminal would be sent to Australia and made to work
• Silent System


  A system trialled in prisons such as Pentonville where criminals were not allowed to speak
• The Bloody Code was abolished by Robert Peel


  1820s
• People were becoming very critical of the overuse of the death penalty and saw it as too harsh for some crimes in addition to no longer being an effective deterrent
• Fines were still used