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<note>Provision of money <lb/>by the penitentiary <lb/>act inadequate<lb/></note> | <note>Provision of money <lb/>by the penitentiary <lb/>act inadequate<lb/></note> | ||
In the <del><gap/> act</del> English act for the substituting<lb/> of <del>hard <add>the | In the <del><gap/> act</del> English act for the substituting<lb/> of <del>hard <add>the punis</add></del> labour instead of transportation <note>19 G. 3. c. 74. §. 56<lb/> </note> <del>a provision<lb/>is made that the</del> <add>a</add> convict<del>s</del> upon <del>their</del> <add>his</add> discharge<lb/>from the ballast-lighters <del>shall</del> <add>is to</add> be provided <add>furnished</add> with<lb/>decent <sic>cloathing</sic> together with a certain sum of<lb/>money. <note>Not less than 20<hi rend="superscript">s</hi> nor more than 3 £ for those who have<lb/><del>suffer'd</del> <add>worked</add> a year: but less in proportion for those who have worked<lb/>less.<lb/></note> That <add>the intention of</add> there is humanity in this provision<lb/><add>was humane</add> is not to be disputed: but whether it <del>comes up</del> <add>be adequate</add> to<lb/>the purpose, what has been observed may serve to<lb/>shew. The <del>place</del> <add>establishment punishment</add> in question, in which criminals<lb/>of all sorts are <sic>mixed</sic> together in crowds is <del>not supposed</del> <add>scarce</add><lb/> expected to be productive of reformation: it being<lb/>but a temporary expedient <sic>untill</sic> the penitentiary<lb/>houses destined for the reformation of <del>the</del> convicts <add>in which reformation and punishment are to go</add><lb/><add>hand in hand</add> by solitary confinement can be <add>shall have been</add> established. That<lb/>the convicts should many of them get employ from<lb/>individuals was not much I think to be expected:<lb/>at least of such for whom no individual would undertake<lb/>to answer. A great part of those who <add>are</add> find <lb/>themselves in this predicament were bred up in thieving<lb/>and have no other trade. For these to meet<lb/>with employment seems next to impossible: and if<lb/>they refuse to engage in any of these lines of honest<lb/>industry which the public holds out to them <add>are held out to them by the public</add><lb/>the conclusion seems next to certain that they mean<lb/>to return to their old trade. And this reasoning <add>And experience will</add><lb/> <add>I believe be found to have confirmed this reasoning.</add>will I believe be found to have been verified <add>confirmed</add> by ex<lb/><note>-perience.</note> | ||
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Indirect Legislation
Satisfying
Provision of money
by the penitentiary
act inadequate
In the act English act for the substituting
of hard the punis labour instead of transportation 19 G. 3. c. 74. §. 56
a provision
is made that the a convicts upon their his discharge
from the ballast-lighters shall is to be provided furnished with
decent cloathing together with a certain sum of
money. Not less than 20s nor more than 3 £ for those who have
suffer'd worked a year: but less in proportion for those who have worked
less.
That the intention of there is humanity in this provision
was humane is not to be disputed: but whether it comes up be adequate to
the purpose, what has been observed may serve to
shew. The place establishment punishment in question, in which criminals
of all sorts are mixed together in crowds is not supposed scarce
expected to be productive of reformation: it being
but a temporary expedient untill the penitentiary
houses destined for the reformation of the convicts in which reformation and punishment are to go
hand in hand by solitary confinement can be shall have been established. That
the convicts should many of them get employ from
individuals was not much I think to be expected:
at least of such for whom no individual would undertake
to answer. A great part of those who are find
themselves in this predicament were bred up in thieving
and have no other trade. For these to meet
with employment seems next to impossible: and if
they refuse to engage in any of these lines of honest
industry which the public holds out to them are held out to them by the public
the conclusion seems next to certain that they mean
to return to their old trade. And this reasoning And experience will
I believe be found to have confirmed this reasoning.will I believe be found to have been verified confirmed by ex
-perience.
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