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Police Report 5 2
Expence of punishment</lb> G.B.
Hulks at first in the first instance. What Mr Bentham's
is the Penitentiary System with a variety gives, is to speak short the Penitentiary System, but
of improvements of his own with numerous and striking improvements, which at the same time that they are promise to be to the highest degree beneficial to those whose benefit they have in view are such as can not but be very expressive to himself. One
is, that
in one shape
or other, and principally at his own expence
he secures to each himself <add>prisoner after his discharge employment while ability
lasts, and at any rate a maintenance for
life.
Were this out of the question [+]
[+] regarding morality as worth nothing, and considering the matter in a purely financial point of view and no other it might
be difficult to determine (considering that a under
the Hulk system of government has the labour of
the convicts prisoners at its command) which would
be more the most advantageous, that or Mr Bentham's.
But under the Hulk system, as of far as the
observation of a very experienced as well as
intelligent Magistrate have been extended has been correct
it is a rare thing for a convict when after
a visit to the Hulks to betaken himself to
any other than dishonest courses: and as
often as this happens there can the expences
that have their source in delinquency for their source
flowing from delinquency as above detailed came
to be repeated, and so on while life lasts. to the end of life.
expence of prose damage by whatever causes
come to be committed between the discharge and
reconviction—expence of prosecution——expence of
reward for testimony—expence of transportation
or reassignment to the Hulks
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