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above mentioned fundamental faults. This arrangement has also been made at Långholmen, without any great advantage either to the prisoner or the tradesmen themselves; two of the latter were, a few years since, wounded dangerously with knives.
1 consider then that the management of the labour ought to be left to the care of the direction. The superintendent will be the real chief, and the instruction is given by the keepers, who, I propose, ought to possess technical skill; or by mechanics who may be depended on, and with whom a separate agreement has in this respect been made. If even a decrease of profits were the consequence of this, the loss is perfectly compensated by the advantages, for to improve the prisoner and to inspire him with both a disposition and ability to provide for himself honestly, is the principal object, as well with regard to humanity as economy.
It still remains to determine the application of the profits which may possibly arise. In tlic third Chapter, page 68, I have more particularly developed my views in this respect, and with that as a guide, some details must here be more particularly entered into.
The profits of the prisoners work ought in the first place lo be applied in paying for the food consumed in the prison. If this duty of compensation should he extended to the prisoner’s part of the whole expense for the support of (he inmate;, he would never he able, even under the most
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