Between 1848 and 1878 Lincoln Castle’s Victorian Prison was used as a short-term holding center for male, female and child prisoners awaiting trial, or following sentencing, before they were ...

Smacking children is a "Victorian-era punishment" that "undoubtedly harms children's health" and must be banned, leading paediatricians have said. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health ...

Smacking puts children at risk of “really significant physical harm”, leading children’s doctors have said as they call for an end to the “Victorian” punishment. The Royal College of ...