Full resolution (TIFF) - On this page / på denna sida - II. Chapter. The rise and development of the correction-system
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has been proofread at least once.
(diff)
(history)
Denna sida har korrekturlästs minst en gång.
(skillnad)
(historik)
lie on good beds, in well warmed rooms; they
work much less than their free brethren are obliged
to do, in order to earn a support for themselves
and their families, and have besides, as an
amusement, the pleasure of gaining a number of ideas,
which were before quite unknown to them.”
The consequences of these important mistakes
became evident within a few years: transgressions
were constantly increasing, and of the 121 liberated,
from 1825 to 1833, 34 or about 1/3, returned to
the prison, in consequence of new offences.
In 1833 new regulations were issued, in which
the discipline was rendered severer; the prisoners
were subjected to a new classification, according to
which the severity of the treatment was determined;
their right of employing the surplus of their
earnings was limited in a considerable degree, and
silence was enjoined on all those who did not belong
to the, so called, improved division. This was to
approach the Auburn system. Nor was this beneficent
severity long in producing greater order within
the institution; and relapses are said, since then,
to have been constantly decreasing.
Nor had England been inactive with regard
to this great national affair. The renowned Howard
had, already in the latter part of the last century,
directed the public attention to it. Together with
two other distinguished men, M:r George Paul and
Sir William Blaekstone, he formed the plan for a
house of correction. The prison for the county
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
