Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline, and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, Količina 5W. Phillips, 1823 - 32 strani |
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... inches square , to admit the air : one of these cells appeared about seven feet square , others about 12 feet ; but in consequence of their having no other vent - hole to afford a cir- culation of the air , they are offensively close ...
... inches square , to admit the air : one of these cells appeared about seven feet square , others about 12 feet ; but in consequence of their having no other vent - hole to afford a cir- culation of the air , they are offensively close ...
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... inch - and - half slabs , which are so warped , and rent and cut by the prisoners , that conversation is readily ... inches , and lighted only by a borrowed light . All the rooms are 8 feet 4 inches in height . There is no airing - yard ...
... inch - and - half slabs , which are so warped , and rent and cut by the prisoners , that conversation is readily ... inches , and lighted only by a borrowed light . All the rooms are 8 feet 4 inches in height . There is no airing - yard ...
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... inches : which , if cor- rectly measured , is three - quarters of an inch greater than the general height of the tread steps . This should be taken into consideration in regulating the amount of labour to be imposed , since the ...
... inches : which , if cor- rectly measured , is three - quarters of an inch greater than the general height of the tread steps . This should be taken into consideration in regulating the amount of labour to be imposed , since the ...
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... inches . The successful experiment of a tread - wheel , even of this rude structure , will probably lead to the erection of a more complete set of wheels ; the power of which might be very advantageously applied to the mill ma- chinery ...
... inches . The successful experiment of a tread - wheel , even of this rude structure , will probably lead to the erection of a more complete set of wheels ; the power of which might be very advantageously applied to the mill ma- chinery ...
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... inch . per minute , making an amount of individual labour nearly 8000 feet ascent per day . * On being weighed again on the 18th of June , they were found to have lost 2 lb. 7oz . on an average each man . The number of working hours per ...
... inch . per minute , making an amount of individual labour nearly 8000 feet ascent per day . * On being weighed again on the 18th of June , they were found to have lost 2 lb. 7oz . on an average each man . The number of working hours per ...
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48 steps airing-yards alteration amount Appendix attends Borough Borough Compter bread per day Bridewell building Capital offenders cells chapel chaplain City classes classification Committee Common gaol convicted County Gaol County House crime criminals day-rooms debtors dietary discharge Ditto dysentery earnings employed employment erected extends to trial feet felons female prisoners four Gaol and house governor greatest number gruel half a pound half of bread hard labour Hoare Hours house of correction imprisonment infirmary inspection irons keeper Lancaster Castle magistrates male prisoners matron ment mill misdemeanants night-cells Northallerton number of prisoners oakum oatmeal officers ounces Penitentiary persons pint pound of bread present prison discipline Prison Society prisoners committed punishment quarter sessions rate of labour regulations Report rooms scurvy sentenced Sept solitary confinement soners soup steps 7 inch Sundays tion total number town tread-mill tread-wheel untried vagrants velocity wall wards week wheel women yards
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Stran 84 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Stran 22 - A Matron shall be appointed in every Prison in which Female Prisoners shall be confined, who shall reside in the Prison ; and it shall be the Duty of the Matron constantly to superintend the Female Prisoners.
Stran 122 - ... general or quarter sessions assembled, regard being had (so far as may relate to convicted prisoners) to the nature of the labour required from or performed by such prisoners, so that the allowance of food may be duly apportioned thereto. And it shall be lawful for...
Stran 21 - ... as shall not only provide for the safe custody, but shall also tend more effectually to preserve the health and to improve the morals of the prisoners confined therein, and...
Stran 42 - But this imprisonment, as has been said, is only for safe custody, and not for punishment: therefore in this dubious interval between the commitment and trial, a prisoner ought to be used with the utmost humanity, and neither be loaded with needless fetters, nor subjected to other hardships than such as are absolutely requisite for the purpose of confinement only...
Stran 71 - ... the other was of itself inadequate to produce the disease. Such being the character and extent of the disease in the Penitentiary, and such its most probable causes, we proceeded to adopt those measures for counteracting it, which its own nature and the opinion we entertained of its origin seemed to suggest. We ordered an immediate change in the diet of the prison. In place of pease and barley soup for dinner, we substituted a daily allowance of four ounces of flesh meat, and eight ounces of...
Stran 85 - ... the one moiety whereof to be to the queen's majesty, her heirs and successors, and the other moiety to the party or parties grieved by such feigned and fraudulent...
Stran 86 - And whereas many and great doubts difficulties and incon' veniences have arisen in making and collecting other of the said rates ; ' therefore that the good ends and purposes of the said several statutes ' may be answered and the several sums of money thereby intended to ' be raised may effectually be collected with as much ease and certainty ' and as little expence as can be to the parties obliged by the said laws to ' pay the same ;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty,...
Stran 86 - Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by authority of the same...
Stran 68 - With regard to the extent of this disease, we found more than one-half of the whole number of prisoners affected by it, in one or other, or in all its forms ; but the proportion was not the same among the prisoners...