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On account of the difficulty which the prisoner has to support himself after having gained his liberty, it is important that an opportunity should be given him of either learning a new trade during his imprisonment, or of improving himself in that he had before followed. In the Auburn houses of correction the work is carried on more as in manufactories, and in many different branches; while in the Philadelphia!), the employment is limited to certain trades, as of tailors, shoemakers, carpenters, weavers, in a word, to such work as can, by a single person, be accomplished without the assistance of others. M. Pradicr of Paris has, however, in a statement dated July 15:th 1837, to Mess:rs Blouet and Demelz, enumerated 48 different trades for prisoners working alone in cells. This kind of employment is undoubtedly more useful for the prisoner himself, who thus gains the possibility of earning his living alone, and that under any circumstances; but work carried on by the prisoners in common on a greater scale, certainly produces a larger income for the support of the institution itself.
At Auburn, Mess:rs Beaumont and Tocqueville mention, that the income, already during the first two years, covered the expenses; and at the penitentiary in Welhcrsfield, the nett gain had, during two years, amounted to 17,139 Dollars or in Swedish money 42,897½ R:dr B:co. It must not, however, be forgotten here, that the want of a sufficient
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