Editing John Howard (prison reformer) (section)

===Organisations===
Almost eighty years after his death, the Howard Association was formed in London, with the aim of "promotion of the most efficient means of penal treatment and crime prevention" and to promote "a reformatory and radically preventive treatment of offenders". In its first annual report in 1867, the Association stated that its efforts had been focused on "the promotion of reformatory and remunerative prison labour, and the abolition of capital punishment." The Association merged with the Penal Reform League in 1921 to become the [[Howard League for Penal Reform]]. Today, the Howard League is Britain's biggest penal reform organisation.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

John Howard's name was adopted by non-profit organizations in Canada which call themselves the [[John Howard Society]] of their given geographic area and each society seeks to develop effective, just and humane responses to crime and its consequences. There are currently over 60 John Howard societies spread across every province of Canada and the Northwest Territories.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

The [[Howard Association]], a benevolent organisation founded in 1855 in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], United States, was also named after him. There is also a Howard League for Penal Reform in [[New Zealand]]. The John Howard Association<ref>[http://www.thejha.org www.thejha.org]</ref> of Illinois, formed in 1901, independently monitors correctional facilities, policies and practices, and advances reforms needed to achieve a fair, humane and effective criminal justice system in Illinois.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

[[Samford University]], located in the US state of [[Alabama]], was founded by Baptists as Howard College in 1841. Samford's Howard College of Arts and Sciences remains part of the university.{{cn|date=July 2024}}