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<p>Page 6. "Criminals, loaded with irons, and scattered through<lb/> "the streets, and along the roads, presented to the public the <lb/>"spectacle of vice rather than of shame and misery; and <hi rend='underline'>the<lb/> "impossibility of watching them properly, facilitated the means<lb/> "of excess, of drunkenness, of pillage, and of escape.</hi> All the <lb/>"prisoners, whatever might have been their crimes, or their<lb/> "characters, were confounded in one mass. By this mixture, the<lb/> "bad were not ameliorated, but the less criminal often became<lb/> "worse. They spread terror over town and country; and far from<lb/> "being put in the way of amendment, became initiated in<lb/> "new scenes of wickedness, till the prisons were found incompetent <lb/>"to contain the <del>incr</del> increasing number of the convicted."— </p> <pb/> | <p>Page 6. "Criminals, loaded with irons, and scattered through<lb/> "the streets, and along the roads, presented to the public the <lb/>"spectacle of vice rather than of shame and misery; and <hi rend='underline'>the<lb/> "impossibility of watching them properly, facilitated the means<lb/> "of excess, of drunkenness, of pillage, and of escape.</hi> All the <lb/>"prisoners, whatever might have been their crimes, or their<lb/> "characters, were confounded in one mass. By this mixture, the<lb/> "bad were not ameliorated, but the less criminal often became<lb/> "worse. They spread terror over town and country; and far from<lb/> "being put in the way of amendment, became initiated in<lb/> "new scenes of wickedness, till the prisons were found incompetent <lb/>"to contain the <del>incr</del> increasing number of the convicted."— </p> <pb/> | ||
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<p>Page 54. Care is taken as far as possible to separate the less<lb/> "vicious from the more hardened and daring offenders. [<del>About twenty-<lb/> "two of the most obdurate criminals are kept confined and at work <lb/>"in separate apartments, and are not suffered to come out, or to have<lb/> "any communication with other prisoners, but are constantly watched <lb/>"by keepers day and night</del>]. Experience will evince, that among any<lb/> "given number of convicts, one tenth part may fairly be considered<lb/> "as desperate and hardened villains, who appear incorrigible; and <lb/> "it is of importance that such should be carefully selected & separated<lb/> "from the rest, as it is more probable they may, by proper management,<lb/> "be reformed." </p> <pb/> | |||
Liancourt
Page 6. "Criminals, loaded with irons, and scattered through
"the streets, and along the roads, presented to the public the
"spectacle of vice rather than of shame and misery; and the
"impossibility of watching them properly, facilitated the means
"of excess, of drunkenness, of pillage, and of escape. All the
"prisoners, whatever might have been their crimes, or their
"characters, were confounded in one mass. By this mixture, the
"bad were not ameliorated, but the less criminal often became
"worse. They spread terror over town and country; and far from
"being put in the way of amendment, became initiated in
"new scenes of wickedness, till the prisons were found incompetent
"to contain the incr increasing number of the convicted."—
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Page 54. Care is taken as far as possible to separate the less
"vicious from the more hardened and daring offenders. [About twenty-
"two of the most obdurate criminals are kept confined and at work
"in separate apartments, and are not suffered to come out, or to have
"any communication with other prisoners, but are constantly watched
"by keepers day and night]. Experience will evince, that among any
"given number of convicts, one tenth part may fairly be considered
"as desperate and hardened villains, who appear incorrigible; and
"it is of importance that such should be carefully selected & separated
"from the rest, as it is more probable they may, by proper management,
"be reformed."
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