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In order to gain the object intended by a
rational prison discipline, to calculate the expenses,
and to employ advantageously those sums which
are appointed for the purpose, it is necessary to
form a complete system, which more nearly
determines what kind of prisons ought to be used,
their object, style of building, interior arrangements
&c. If even the means should not allow of the
application of the whole plan, it is nevertheless
important that it should be properly determined,
so that every care and expense may be so calculated
as to stand in immediate connection with the
whole, and to lead nearer and nearer to the object
aimed at.
As the prisons ought to be founded on the
cell-system, I will first state more particularly those
grounds, which, in my opinion, determine the
different dimensions of the cells, according to the
different periods of imprisonment. The cells may
be divided into two different classes, viz:
a) To be inhabited only during the night, or
at most for twenty four hours. For this purpose
the Auburn cell seems perfectly sufficient, being
7½ feet long, 4½ broad and 7 high. The space in
cubic feet will be 233£. In order to distinguish
them from the two others, I will call them the
small cells.
b) To be inhabited at most one year. These
ought to be so calculated with regard to size and
possible ventilation, that the prisoner’s health cannot
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