Distributive justice and mercy: shewing, that a temporary real solitary imprisonment of convicts, supported by religious instruction, and well-regulated labour, is essential to their well-being, and the safety, honour, and reputation of the peopleJ. Dodsley, 1781 - Всего страниц: 273 |
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Стр. 220 - ... if many offenders convicted of crimes for which transportation has been usually inflicted, were ordered to solitary imprisonment, accompanied by well regulated labour, and religious instruction, it might be the means, under Providence, not only of deterring others from the commission of the like crimes, but also of reforming the individuals, and inuring them to habits of industry.
Стр. 30 - The misery of gaols is not half their evil ; they are filled with every corruption which poverty and wickedness can generate between them; with all the shameless and profligate enormities that can be produced by the impudence of ignominy, the rage of want, and the malignity of despair. In a prison the awe of the...
Стр. 170 - Commons, the Justices of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, the Barons of the Coif of the Court of Exchequer, and the Lord Mayor of London, for the Time being...
Стр. 28 - A prison pays no debts;" I am sure it may be added, that a prison mends no morals. Sir John Fielding observes, that "a criminal discharged — generally by the next sessions after the execution of his comrades, becomes the head of a gang of his own raising.
Стр. 30 - In a prison, the awe of the public eye is lost, and the power of the law is spent ; there are few fears, there are no blushes. The lewd inflame the lewd, the audacious harden the audacious.
Стр. 224 - ... nor lefs than ten feet in length, feven feet in breadth, and nine feet in height, and without any window •within...
Стр. 190 - ... rooms or cells, not exceeding twelve feet in length, eight feet in breadth, and eleven feet in height, nor...
Стр. 80 - With us, the cafe is fo different, that every capital prifon is a public-boufe\ and though fpirituous liquors, commonly fo called, are prohibited ; yet, under the name of cordials...