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crime, sentence, conduct, industry, health, the day
of their liberation &c. These annotations are of
the greatest importance, as well for the sake of
order, as with regard to statistics, and would supply
for the future a sure and instructive ground of
experience. Such lists have already been kept for
about two years at several of our houses of
correction, through the care of the prison-direction.
The one I have seen is tolerably complete and
may probably, with a few additional heads, be taken
hereafter as a pattern.
The transport of the prisoners deserves
particular attention with regard to the criminal’s
treatment, and to preventing his escape. The
economical part thereof must not either be forgotten,
especially in a country where the distances are so
considerable as in Sweden. The conveyances for
prisoners go often, without any particular
connection with each other, whence arise heavy charges
and unnecessary travelling expenses. It is not more
than a few years, since the prisoners were left to
the care of the peasant who drove the cart,
sometimes a boy, whence arose a dangerous insecurity
to the public, and a heavy responsibility to the
driver.
The conveyance of the prisoners must be
arranged according to a certain system, adapted in
its details to the different local peculiarities of the
county. The conveyances ought to start at given
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