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<p>THE Author, having turned his thoughts to the Penitentiary <sic>System</sic> from its <sic>first</sic> origin,<lb/> | <p>THE Author, having turned his thoughts to the Penitentiary <sic>System</sic> from its <sic>first</sic> origin,<lb/> | ||
and having lately contrived a Building in which any number of <sic>persons</sic> may be kept within <lb/>the reach of being <sic>inspected</sic> during every moment of their lives, and having made out, as he<lb/>flatters <sic>himself</sic>, to <sic>demonstration</sic>, that the only eligible mode of managing an <sic>Establishment</sic><lb/>of <sic>such</sic> a nature, in a Building of <sic>such</sic> a <sic>construction</sic>, would be by Contract, has been | and having lately contrived a Building in which any number of <sic>persons</sic> may be kept within <lb/>the reach of being <sic>inspected</sic> during every moment of their lives, and having made out, as he<lb/>flatters <sic>himself</sic>, to <sic>demonstration</sic>, that the only eligible mode of managing an <sic>Establishment</sic><lb/>of <sic>such</sic> a nature, in a Building of <sic>such</sic> a <sic>construction</sic>, would be by Contract, has been induced<lb/> to make public the following <sic>Proposal</sic> for Maintaining and Employing Convicts in<lb/>general, or <sic>such</sic> of them as would <sic>otherwise</sic> be confined on board the Hulks, for 25 per<lb/>cent. <sic>less</sic> than it <sic>costs</sic> Government to maintain them there at <sic>present</sic>; deducting also the<lb/>average value of the work at <sic>present</sic> performed by them for the Public: upon the terms<lb/>of his receiving the produce of their labour, taking on <sic>himself</sic> the whole expence of the BUILDING,<lb/>fitting up and <sic>stocking</sic>*, without any advance to be made by Government for that <sic>purpose</sic>,<lb/>requiring only that the abatement and deduction above mentioned <sic>shall</sic> be <sic>suspended</sic> for the <lb/>first year.</p> | ||
<p>Upon the above-mentioned Terms, he would engage as follows:<lb/>I. To <sic>furnish</sic> the <sic>Prisoners</sic> with a <sic>constant</sic> <sic>supply</sic> of <sic>wholesome</sic> Food, not limited in <lb/>quantity, but adequate to each man's <sic>desires</sic>.<lb/>II. To keep them clad in a <sic>state</sic> of <sic>tightness</sic> and <sic>neatness</sic>, <sic>superior</sic> to what is <sic>usual</sic><lb/>even in the Improved <sic>Prisons</sic>.<lb/>III. To keep them <sic>supplied</sic> with <sic>separate</sic> Beds and Bedding, competent to their <sic> | |||
<p>Upon the above-mentioned Terms, he would engage as follows:<lb/>I. To <sic>furnish</sic> the <sic>Prisoners</sic> with a <sic>constant</sic> <sic>supply</sic> of <sic>wholesome</sic> Food, not limited in <lb/>quantity, but adequate to each man's <sic>desires</sic>.<lb/>II. To keep them clad in a <sic>state</sic> of <sic>tightness</sic> and <sic>neatness</sic>, <sic>superior</sic> to what is <sic>usual</sic><lb/>even in the Improved <sic>Prisons</sic>.<lb/>III. To keep them <sic>supplied</sic> with <sic>separate</sic> Beds and Bedding, competent to their <sic>situations</sic>,<lb/> and in a <sic>state</sic> of <sic>cleanliness</sic> <sic>scarcely</sic> any where conjoined with liberty.<lb/>IV. To <sic>insure</sic> to them a <sic>sufficient</sic> <sic>supply</sic> of artificial warmth and light, whenever the <lb/><sic>season</sic> renders it <sic>necessary</sic>: and thereby <sic>save</sic> the <sic>necessity</sic> of taking them prematurely<lb/> from their work , at <sic>such</sic> <sic>seasons</sic> (as in other places) as well as <sic>preserve</sic><lb/> them from <sic>suffering</sic> by the inclemency of the weather.<lb/>V. To keep <sic>constantly</sic> from them, in conformity to the practice <sic>so</sic> happily received,<lb/> every kind of <sic>strong</sic> and <sic>spirituous</sic> liquor; <sic>unless</sic> where ordered in the way of<lb/>medicine.<lb/>VI. To maintain them in a <sic>state</sic> of inviolable, though mitigated <sic>seclusion</sic>, in <sic>assorted</sic><lb/>companies, without any of <sic>those</sic> opportunities of <sic>promiscuous</sic> <sic>association</sic>, which, <lb/>in other places, <sic>disturb</sic>, if not <sic>destroy</sic>, whatever good effect can have<lb/>been expected from <sic>occasional</sic> <sic>solitude</sic>.<lb/> VII. To give them an <sic>interest</sic> in their work, by allowing them a <sic>share</sic> in the produce.<lb/> VIII. To convert the <sic>prison</sic> into a <sic>school</sic> and, by an extended application of the <lb/>principle of the Sunday Schools, to return its inhabitants into the world<lb/><sic>instructed</sic>, at <sic>least</sic> as well as in ordinary <sic>schools</sic>, in the <sic>most</sic> <sic>useful</sic> branches<lb/>of vulgar learning, as well as in <sic>some</sic> trade or occupation whereby they may <lb/>afterwards earn their livelihood. Extraordinary culture of extraordinary<lb/>talents is not, in this point of view, worth mentioning: it would be for his<lb/>own advantage to give them every <sic>instruction</sic>, by which the value of their labour <lb/> may be <sic>increased</sic>.</p> | |||
<p>*All <sic>these</sic> articles taken into the account,the originally-intended Penitentiary-<sic>House</sic>, on the late Mr. Blackburne's plan,<lb/>would not have <sic>cost</sic> <sic>so</sic> little as £.200 per man:- for 1000 <sic>Prisoners</sic>, £.200,000: exclusive of the whole annual <sic>expence</sic> of<lb/> maintenance, &c. to an unliquidated amount.</p> | |||
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PROPOSAL
FOR
A NEW AND LESS EXPENSIVE MODE
OF
EMPLOYING AND REFORMING CONVICTS.
THE Author, having turned his thoughts to the Penitentiary System from its first origin,
and having lately contrived a Building in which any number of persons may be kept within
the reach of being inspected during every moment of their lives, and having made out, as he
flatters himself, to demonstration, that the only eligible mode of managing an Establishment
of such a nature, in a Building of such a construction, would be by Contract, has been induced
to make public the following Proposal for Maintaining and Employing Convicts in
general, or such of them as would otherwise be confined on board the Hulks, for 25 per
cent. less than it costs Government to maintain them there at present; deducting also the
average value of the work at present performed by them for the Public: upon the terms
of his receiving the produce of their labour, taking on himself the whole expence of the BUILDING,
fitting up and stocking*, without any advance to be made by Government for that purpose,
requiring only that the abatement and deduction above mentioned shall be suspended for the
first year.
Upon the above-mentioned Terms, he would engage as follows:
I. To furnish the Prisoners with a constant supply of wholesome Food, not limited in
quantity, but adequate to each man's desires.
II. To keep them clad in a state of tightness and neatness, superior to what is usual
even in the Improved Prisons.
III. To keep them supplied with separate Beds and Bedding, competent to their situations,
and in a state of cleanliness scarcely any where conjoined with liberty.
IV. To insure to them a sufficient supply of artificial warmth and light, whenever the
season renders it necessary: and thereby save the necessity of taking them prematurely
from their work , at such seasons (as in other places) as well as preserve
them from suffering by the inclemency of the weather.
V. To keep constantly from them, in conformity to the practice so happily received,
every kind of strong and spirituous liquor; unless where ordered in the way of
medicine.
VI. To maintain them in a state of inviolable, though mitigated seclusion, in assorted
companies, without any of those opportunities of promiscuous association, which,
in other places, disturb, if not destroy, whatever good effect can have
been expected from occasional solitude.
VII. To give them an interest in their work, by allowing them a share in the produce.
VIII. To convert the prison into a school and, by an extended application of the
principle of the Sunday Schools, to return its inhabitants into the world
instructed, at least as well as in ordinary schools, in the most useful branches
of vulgar learning, as well as in some trade or occupation whereby they may
afterwards earn their livelihood. Extraordinary culture of extraordinary
talents is not, in this point of view, worth mentioning: it would be for his
own advantage to give them every instruction, by which the value of their labour
may be increased.
*All these articles taken into the account,the originally-intended Penitentiary-House, on the late Mr. Blackburne's plan,
would not have cost so little as £.200 per man:- for 1000 Prisoners, £.200,000: exclusive of the whole annual expence of
maintenance, &c. to an unliquidated amount.
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