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III. CHAPTER.
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE AUBURN AND PHILADELPHIAN PENITENTIARY SYSTEMS.
In order to form a correct judgment of the
different correction systems followed at Auburn
and Philadelphia, it is necessary to be acquainted
with their inward arrangement and outward discipline,
even in the smallest details. I will therefore
give a particular account of these, and in so
doing shall follow, principally, M:r Demetz’s
excellent report, dated 1837, to the Count Montalivet,
then Minister of France for the home department.
The prison at Auburn has 770 cells, a chapel,
several workshops and refectories, and rooms
necessary for the economy and attendants.
On the arrival of the prisoner, his hair is cut
off, a particular dress put on, and a certain cell
is appointed for him.
The hours of labour vary according to the
season. During the summer they begin at half
past six in the morning, and finish at six in the
evening. In the winter work commences at
daylight, and ceases at dusk.
A quarter of an hour after the work-bell has
rung, and after the guard has been arranged, all
the cells are opened, from which the prisoners
come but and march in close files to the workshops.
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