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as to require shut the door invariably against
all exceptions withou to the total disregard
of all such considerations as economy might
suggest. Suppose 350 suppose for example 350 the greatest number
of delinquents that a single Penitentiary Panopticon
of the Penitentiary kind would be capable of containing
without inconvenience.

All other circumstances equal it were better that
delinquents should be no delinq with in no building which
contained delinquents devoted innocent persons of
any description should be inclosed. But suppose
that after one building had been filled as full
as it could conveniently hold with delinquents
that after a building of the largest convenient
size had been filled with delinquents, there remained
a small surplus, which the receptacle
destined for the insane for instance fell short of
its a complement; should a must then at
all events be three Panopticons, two for delinquents a second one
for a few score

as well as one for the insane? — A
sacrifice of Economy surely I should think need not be called
upon for so large a sacrifice: though a few of
the insane for example were put into this building principally
destined for delinquents, or a few of delinquents into
a




Identifier: | JB/117/022/003
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.

Date_1

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not numbered

Box

117

Main Headings

panopticon

Folio number

022

Info in main headings field

bicetre proposal

Image

003

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

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

38639

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