Second report of the inspectors of prisons of Great Britain. III. Southern and Western district / [by F.B. Hawkins].
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Credit: Second report of the inspectors of prisons of Great Britain. III. Southern and Western district / [by F.B. Hawkins]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Southern and Western District. Reports on separate Prisons. County of Wilts. Salisbury. Fisherton Anger County Gaol. 5 SECOND REPORT OF INSPECTORS OF PRISONS. Religious and other Instruction. The chaplain has no other duty except an “JXdT’and performs six o'clock1 He goes to the prison every ^ He Lps a journal, divine service twice on Sundays, with a serm n . .. the debtors! who attend the in which he records the number of prisoners t0 attend or chapel. The debtors (at least those who “cfhas a bad effecton others as well not, as they think proper; a discretionary p application, he is permitted to see as on themselves. If a dissenting pns Cresence 0fFtPhe chaplain: this latter caution a minister of his own persuasion, bu p , , tR:n tracts said to have been exists in consequence of bad impressions pro ^ j ntly spacious to contain all the formerly introduced. The chape wasJ nfn0“ce to want of room has since prisoners, but an suffiHeit“ccommodadon now for 94 prisoners and debtors with- out kneXg7and for kneeling, 42 felons, 30 debtors, and 5 misdemeanants ; those numbers include both male and female. , fo]iowing memorandum will attest. 1S30 . • 1831 75 1832 1833 1834 1835 73 106 143 113 It sometimes occurs that prisoners have their own books; they are, in that case, not m- eluded in the above number. t be placed in front of the female The chapel is not heated m winter. A iTL look down on some debtors, who sit at present m the gaolei s se g ment’is delivered, when application of the men, and can also be seen by them Jhe saojamem is ^ The is made, which is rare; otherwise, it y s;;ence and separation; one prisoner alone, chaplain has seen no evil whatever u anc[ tpe gaoler gave him an extra lately hung for murder, complained o ™DfiowneSs 0f diet. The prisoners have the power ‘^ceTto the 'beer-shops ifnoS, who have been condemned, and left for execution, in his time, have imputed then* end to some such souice. General Statistics. p_Number of Prisoners committed from the city of New Sarum during the two past years (not including debtors): 1831 37 1835 . . * °4 ip_Number of Inmates at the date of this return, March 18, 1836 (exclusive of debtors, for whom see No. V.) :- Males . Females f Males Prisoners under 16 years ot age j Femaies . 31 | Prisoners. 2 0 “’iv.-Number of Prisoners admitted during the last current year, from Michaelmas 1834 to Michaelmas 1835:— Males . Females 210 22 , _ r 1 Males Under 16 years of age j Females . 232 7 0 y_Number of Debtors at preseat, 19 males and 2 females. VI.—Number of Prisoners admitted during the five previous current years, from Michael¬ mas to Midsummer:— Qir 1831 - * 31b 1832 1833 1834 1835 255 219 266 232 VII.—Recommittals from Michaelmas 1834 to 1835, 26.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30450329_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
