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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    a l 32 ] M pofes of the Law in allotting to each Offence its diftindl Degree of Confinement and Punifh- ment: —— It prevents criminal Intercourfe betwixt the Sexes, and the Inflrudtion that the young Offender receives from the Profligate :— It alone enfures Health to all :—It favours Re¬ treat to thofe, whom a confcious Innocence in¬ clines to Privacy under their Misfortunes :—- And, if carried to Solitude, is the mofl: fove- jreign Corredlor of a hardened Heart:-And laftly, it is the legal Means of bringing them under Authority :-It is by Cabal and Par¬ ticipation of Defign, by Confidence ein Nunv bers, that defperate Deeds are undertaken.— By Separation, in their word Defigns they are within the Power of their Keepers. The Separations that are indifpenfible to any Idea of Order and Regulation, are, ift, of Sex, through every Species of Offenders —2d, of JDebtors, from evfery other Clafs of Prifoners; —3d, of Accused and Convicted ;—— and 4th, of notorious and profligate, from the lefs daring and atrocious.- This laft Diftindtion is properly that of Goal from Bridewell Prifoners.—Bridewells alfo Ihould be Places of Safety without Irons ; - they fhould be Houfes of Induftry and Regimen without Filth or Famine.-They fhould cer¬ tainly contain Courts for Air, and Rooms adapted