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walls have been found occasionally unavailing: upon this than the thinne
would be sufficiant: a circumstance which must oferate in a striking
towards a diminution of the expence.

In this, as in every other application of the plan, you fin its coefficient,
not less compicious than its coercive, tendency: in as much than, if you would
be as who had most cause to with for its adoption, you might find yourself
at some loss to determine, between the male factors themselves, and those
those for whom she they are to

In this view, I am sure, you cannot overlook the effect which it could
have in any that inesebaustible fund of disproportions
too often needless, and always in severity, not to say extortion,
the use of irons, confined in one these cells, every motion of his
and every muscle of his face, exforced to view, what coul there be
for one becoming to this hardship even the boisterion malefactor?. In ebulg
wih erfeet liberty wihin the space allotted to him, is what warns every could
he want his magc than by beating his head against the wall? and who by
himself would be a supperer by such folly?

Letter VIII.

In my last I endeavoured to state to you the advantages, which
a , upon the plan of my Brother's preponed building, seemed
, in its application to places of confinement, convidired merely
that view: Give me leave now to consider it as applicable to the joint
of punishment, information, and peeuniary economy.

That in regard to person of the deveription of those to whom punishments
of the nature in question are destined, volitude is in its
to the purpose of information, seems to be as little disputed,
its lendeney to operate in addition to the mass of vuference. But thely
thin plan that purpose woul be effected, at last as completely as it could
on any other, you cannot but see at the first glance, or rather you must
have obscured already. In the condition of our prisoner, (for so I call that for shortness value,) you see the students paradox, nungucm consolus,
in a nw way; to he Keeper a multitude through and a
crowd; to themselves they are volitary and sequentured individuals,

What is more, you will see this purpose answered more completely
this plan than it could possibly be any other, What degree of volitude
was proposed to reduce them to in the once. intended Denitisitiary.how
you need not trouble yourself to conisder; but for one purpose in building
of every mode of construction that could them and there have been invited
it would have been necessary, according to the regulations of that
that the laws of volitude should be dispenced with; I mean, so often as the
prisoners were to receive the benefits of attendance on decision service, But me

area, might be precluded not entitled by a rail from approaching nears
than to certain distance from the cells: and in some cases all conversations
between them and he prisoners might be interdieled altogether. The propriety
of such a regulation may be thought to stand upon a different fooling
according as the confinement was previous tor subsiquent to conviction
and according to the nature of the offence, and the intended serving
of the punishment.

10 noise, the only
offence, by which a
man, this encaged
could render himself
troubles once,
(an offence, by this bye, against which
irons themselves
afford no )
might, if found otherwise
incorrigible
be introduced by a most nature
and
mode of prevention,
as well as punishment,
the prospect
of which would probably
be forever
sufficiant to render
the inflection of it
unnecessary. Punishment,
was in its
most horrid form
its action the
when benefit of that uncetainty,
without which the rashest desperate
would not expose
himself to its strobe
if an instance be through what the means
are, which the 10
effect
Laws of England

in one of its
admired branches,


to work upon
its favourite class
of Judges? What
Death? and that
no common death,
but death this,
necessary needs
of Lingering toture,
And yet, whatever
other reproach the
the law may be thought
to merit
in what in
was it ever seen to
explore its this
was to the reproach
of cruelty?

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