A treatise on the modern system of governing gaols, penitentiaries, and houses of correction : with a view to moral improvement and reformation of character : also, a detail of the duties of each department of a prison, together with some observations on the state of prison discipline at home and abroad, and on the management of lunatic asylums / by James Palmer.

  • Palmer, James.
Date:
1832
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Credit: A treatise on the modern system of governing gaols, penitentiaries, and houses of correction : with a view to moral improvement and reformation of character : also, a detail of the duties of each department of a prison, together with some observations on the state of prison discipline at home and abroad, and on the management of lunatic asylums / by James Palmer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Xp jjpgwlate the hoif^:s, fpr all th,e a^raixgeme^ of the day, so that every mo^^oMf^^ ^^f^4.^tft^te4^,|^9iYtf.,fC^ endeavour to instil moral and religious instruction, ^vitliput, ^>>^iiij^ t^^ the ch^piai.^1 mt , vtiirroo Qrtt .'io sqi imo^Jb, edi 4 p, ^^tena[.tp,^u, tm pris^n^juies established by hgjfjngtji^uptions, .and the prison and r\^ye}] §i3ffjef., ,,Yisj|:pi'^5, ,mf|le, Qr female, or other se^ae and propeir authority fm^;bemg t]xe|;e^^^-^ ^^.j. . To possess a perfect female pri^om proq.uG^^ al] the good that may be e:^peq|:ed, J^hpulg.-^ay|~|]^ that the, classification ^i^d geiier^i ,order ought ''|o be the same as I have proposed for the m?4^ S^^^ i but, as I am avi^are that in most county gaots the numbers of females are comparatively small, often not exceeding from ten to twenty, and the accom- modation very confined!, wlill become the duty/of the matron, to class ;them mpre according to cha- racter and conduct, than crime; and, from the peculiar dispositipn^ of^ the female sex, I tkink perfect classificat^on^yf^^^^ are ever more inclmed, when under the goocf'cai;e! and discipline of a prudent matron, to receive wit^i gentleness and thankfulness the instructioiis and kindly treatment of their officers or superiors./ j It has been truly said of the female sex, that so long as th^y preserve the honor and dignity so, peculiar to them, they are the best supporters^of virtue, and pf all that is right in society ; but^ w]ben depraved, they become the gTeatest pronrioteps p,f vice. This arises much from the great barrier which is raised against theii* re-admissiori info society. Perhaps one of the ^reat objects of ladie^'j associations should be ip o^blain^^ and employ- ment for the reformed female p^ the well-authenticated r^popts fi^om jv'iaripus asso- eiations, the, most liappy resulf^s have