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As the period of imprisonment cannot be long, the cells need not be by any means so spacious as those, which are calculated for confinement for several years; the expense for building can also thus be considerably decreased. Prisons used before trial ought consequently to consist only of small- and middling-cells.
These prisons should also be supplied with an enclosed yard, where the prisoners are permitted, one at a time, to enjoy the fresh air at least every other day.
As, according to the new law-project, that change ought to be made, that every district should have but one place for the assizes, there ought also to be but one prison for confinement before trial, situated near the house where the assizes are held. This is a leading condition for a possible improvement in the manner of building, and in the inward discipline of these prisons; and this regulation ought also, in the course of time, to cause a sparing, ns well in the superintendence of the prison, as in the repairs of the building.
In the motives of the committee for the subject of law-suits (Rättegångs-Balken), in the 10 Chap, they say: “So many places of confinement before trial, of that kind which is necessary for the execution of this project, cannot be built and kept in repair, as there are at present places for the assizes; nor can that care in the superintendence of
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