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according to the proposal made in the fourth chapter, would be considerably decreased.
The expense of guarding would next undergo a considerable decrease, for, in consequence of the adoption of the Pensylvanian cell-system, all military guard would be discontinued, and the watch left instead to the turn-keys, not more than one of whom would be necessary for 20 or 25 cells, excepting a few for necessary reserve. The support of the garrisons at Långholmen and Malmö, has, together with the expense of marches, cost a considerable sum, which has of later years constantly increased , and may be calculated at about 40 R:dr B:co for each prisoner; to which ought to be added the salaries for 13 under-jailers and 2 overseers for the watching of the interior.
Finally it ought not to be forgotten, that, if the prisoners’ labour were employed in a more useful manner, a no trifling compensation might be calculated on from that for the expense of their support, which in 1838 amounted to no less than 166 R:dr 21 sk. B:co (nearly 14 £) for every prisoner in the Southern house of correction.
Without being able to state decidedly the amount of these possible savings, it ought nevertheless to be calculated with tolerable certainty, that they will repay a considerable part of the interest of that capital which will be necessary for the erection of the buildings.
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