bridewell

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bridewell

a house of correction or jail particularly for minor offences.

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She said: "Bridewell Common in Magor is such an important piece in the overall wildlife jigsaw of the Gwent Levels.

New reserve is planned near the M4 relief road

But that's causing other problems, according to Bridewell of the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership.

Delta Hospital Takes Opioids to Court: Wide-ranging war on addiction includes class-action lawsuit

In the final race of the season both Bridewell and Brookes were fighting at the front of the field and collected hard-fought third and fifth place fi ishes respectively.

Milwaukee end the British Superbike Championship year in style

Ellison held off Bridewell for third with Stuart Easton claiming fourth and the Riders Cup.

Four-star Byrne claims Superbike championship in style; SUPERBIKES

Bridewell's team-mate James Ellison is in fourth, with Jakub Smrz, the Padgetts rider, and Tyco Suzuki's Josh Brookes rounding off the front six.

SUPERBIKES ALEX LOWES is in [...]

They were often known as "bridewells", after the first such penal house at St Bride's Well in London.

A house of gain; Chris Upton tells the story of a Gloucestershire prison which was the blueprint for penal reform across the country in the 1790s

The purpose of the new 60-cell central bridewell is to enable the permanent closure of the city's six custody suites plus the one at Barry police station.

Letter: Viewpoints - Are police station closures on way?

However, there are signs that things might be about to turn around and Jalons Bridewell is interesting at a big price at Wolverhampton (4.30) today.

BEST LONGSHOT; A forecast outsider who could be primed to outrun their likely odds

Mustaf Jama, 27, was brought in a police convoy to Bridewell police station in Leeds.

Cop killing: Man held

It was Bridewell, in London, that first experimented with confinement at hard labor instead of corporal and capital punishment, explains Hinkle (criminal justice, Ivy Tech Community College, South Bend, Indiana), with the goal not just of punishing inmates, but of reforming them by teaching them useful trades and the habits and discipline of hard work.

A history of Bridewell Prison, 1553-1700

Naturally curious, adventurous 12-year-old Alexa easily gets into trouble in medieval Bridewell when she and her father go on their annual trip.

The Dark Hills Divide

He went fourth on lap nine, after passing series front-runner James Hillier and a lap later took third after going by championship runner-up Ollie Bridewell.