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the inhabitants. It would consequently be more
reasonable, and would essentially promote this
important National question, if the state undertook
the whole, or at least the half of the expenses of
building, on condition that it was executed after
an approved drawing. By employing, as much as
possible, the buildings already in use, and by
observing strict economy in the manner of buildings
(in several places it is probable that buildings may
be erected of wood) this expense would not surely,
for once, be so alarming. Without a previous
local examination, any certain estimate in this
respect cannot of course be made up, but as a guide,
the following calculation may, however, be
proposed. In 1838 the number of prisoners in the
temporary prisons amounted to 15,273 (according
to the criminal tables of the Minister of Justice).
If we deduct from these 4,234 vagrants and 471
children that cannot be separated from the mother, we
have 10,587 remaining. Calculating an average of
a month’s imprisonment for each individual, we
find that 883 cells will be wanted. Their division
within the districts should be decided according to
the population, and a medium of the number of
capital crimes during the preceding five years.
As the number of prisoners confined previous
to trial cannot be equally divided throughout the
year, the number of cells ought to be somewhat
increased. If, for instance, an average of 12 cells
be reckoned for each prison, there would be in
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