Considerations on the defects of prisons, and their present system of regulation : submitted to the attention of the gentlemen of the county of Gloster, in the course of their proceedings on a plan of reform. To which are added, some general reflections on the subject; addressed to the members of the legislature / By Sir G. O. Paul.

  • Sir George Onesiphorus Paul, 2nd Baronet
Date:
1784
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Credit: Considerations on the defects of prisons, and their present system of regulation : submitted to the attention of the gentlemen of the county of Gloster, in the course of their proceedings on a plan of reform. To which are added, some general reflections on the subject; addressed to the members of the legislature / By Sir G. O. Paul. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ f 29 ] and ten Hours the refl of the Year:-—Thef fhall be fed with Bread and coarfe Meat, and Water or fmall Beer :—They fhall be cloathed with a coarfe and uniform Apparel, with certain obvious Marks affixed to the fame, to humiliate the Wearer, and facilitate Difcovery in Cafe of Efcape.—At the End of the Term of Servi¬ tude, every Offender fhall be furnifhed with de¬ cent Cloathing, and Money for prefent Subfift- ance ; and in Cafe he fhall produce a Certificate of faithful Service for a Year, he fhall be en¬ titled to a further Sum. Each Cell fhall be furnifhed with an Iron Bedftead, a Matting, Hempen Sheets, and.Cove,lid. Yards fhall foe provided for Air 5 Surgeons and Apothecary to vifit the Sick in Hofpitals provided for their re¬ ception ; and Powers are given to fhorten the Term of Punifhment, on good Behaviour; and to inflidi additional Conffraint on the Refrac¬ tory.——And it is further enabled, that until fuck general Penitentiary-Houfes fhall be eredted, it fhall foe lawful for the Court, where fuch Of¬ fenders fhall be convicted, to order and adjudge them to foe knprifoned and kept to hard Labour, for their feveral Terms, in the Houfes of Cor¬ rection, or other proper Places within each re** fpedtive County ; which Houfes of Corrections ‘ilf c. fh&ll, during fuck times be deemed Penitentiary- Houfes to all Intents and Purpofes, within the -Meaning of this except with regard to the Appointment of Officers, and internal Regula¬ tions