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Provision of money
by the penitentiary
act inadequate
In the act English act for the substituting
of hard the punis labour instead of transportation 19 G. 3. c. 74. §. 56 a provision
is made that the a convicts upon their his discharge
from the ballast-lighters shall is to be provided furnished with
decent cloathing together with a certain sum of
money. Not less than 20s nor more than 3 £ for those who have
suffer'd worked a year: but less in proportion for those who have worked
less.
That the intention of there is humanity in this provision
was humane is not to be disputed: but whether it comes up be adequate to
the purpose, what has been observed may serve to
shew. The place establishment punishment in question, in which criminals
of all sorts are mixed together in crowds is not supposed scarce
expected to be productive of reformation: it being
but a temporary expedient untill the penitentiary
houses destined for the reformation of the convicts in which reformation and punishment are to go
hand in hand by solitary confinement can be shall have been established. That
the convicts should many of them get employ from
individuals was not much I think to be expected:
at least of such for whom no individual would undertake
to answer. A great part of those who are find
themselves in this predicament were bred up in thieving
and have no other trade. For these to meet
with employment seems next to impossible: and if
they refuse to engage in any of these lines of honest
industry which the public holds out to them are held out to them by the public
the conclusion seems next to certain that they mean
to return to their old trade. And this reasoning And experience will
I believe be found to have confirmed this reasoning.will I believe be found to have been verified confirmed by ex
-perience.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	083	Info in main headings field	indirect legislation
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f61 / f62 / f63 / f64
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	27608
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