Millbank Prison
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Formerly called the “Penitentiary at Millbank.” A prison at Westminster, for convicts under sentence of transportation, until thesentence or order shal! be executed, or the convict he entitled to freedom, or be removed to some other place of confinement. This prison is placed under the inspectors of prisons appointed by the secretary of state, who area body corporate, “The Inspectors of the Millbank Prison.” The inspectors make regulations for the government thereof, subject to the approbation of the secretary of state, and yearly reports to him, to be laid before parliament. The secretary also appoints a governor, chaplain, medical officer, matron, ete.
Whatton.