An inquiry, whether crime and misery are produced or prevented, by our present system of prison discipline / Illustrated by descriptions of the Borough Compter. Tothill Fields. The jails at St. Albans, and at Guildford. The jail at Bury. The Maison de force at Ghent. The Philadelphia prison. The penitentiary at Millbank. And the proceedings of the ladies' committee at Newgate. By Thomas Fowell Buxton.

  • Buxton, Thomas Fowell, Sir, 1786-1845.
Date:
1818
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Credit: An inquiry, whether crime and misery are produced or prevented, by our present system of prison discipline / Illustrated by descriptions of the Borough Compter. Tothill Fields. The jails at St. Albans, and at Guildford. The jail at Bury. The Maison de force at Ghent. The Philadelphia prison. The penitentiary at Millbank. And the proceedings of the ladies' committee at Newgate. By Thomas Fowell Buxton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    . While I was occupied in procuring this in- telligence, which was intended to be printed at a distant period, the unexpected appoint- ment ofa Parliamentary Committee to examine the jails of this city, and the discussions which took place in the Court of Common Council, attracted much attention to the point. It was probable that this session would not pass, with- out some legislative enactment upon the sub- ject. If the intended communications were of any importance, the time seemed arrived for making them. The immediate publication of even crude and undigested materials was better calculated to do good to the cause, than a more finished and elaborate treatise, when general interest may have subsided. — The haste with which the parts of this Pamphlet were put together, in the last fort- night, and the consequent impossibility of any revision, must explain, if they do not excuse, many obvious errors in expression, and numer- ous inaccuracies in printing. For the truth of the facts, no indulgence is required. Every method has been used to discover their authen- ticity. Nothing is stated, (with the exception of the account of the Philadelphia Jail) which has not come within my own observation, and which has not been confirmed by the concur-