The Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy (Vol. VII, No. III, July 1852)

The Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy (Vol. VII, No. III, July 1852)

Numbers 1 and 2 of volume I. of this Journalthe first containing a Review of the History of Penal Legislation in Pennsylvania, and several plates, illustrative of prison architecture; and the second containing a beautiful steel portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, and a view of the New Prison at Pentonville, near London, and an account of its discipline and results. Officers of State, Inspectors, or Wardens of Penitentiaries, Keepers of Common Gaols, Houses of Correction, &c., Superintendents or Physicians of Insane Asylums, (whether public or private, and whether for paupers or pay-patients,) officers of Houses of Refuge, Police Magistrates, and others who may be in possession of, or have access to reports or other documents bearing on prison discipline, insanity, juvenile delinquency, police regulations, pauperism, &c., &c., will confer a particular favour by forwarding to the above office copies of such publications for use or notice in this Journal. All such attentions will be gratefully acknowledged, and cheerfully reciprocated. We have received from Messrs. E. C. & J. Biddle the last number of the Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline, which is published quarterly, under the direction of the Philadelphia Society for alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. A glance through its pages shows what is well understoodthat it is a highly valuable periodical, communicating much and various important information upon the subject of which it treats. It is the only publication of the kind in the country, is certainly a very much needed one, and ought, therefore, to be well sustained by the public. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 59026
Author: Pennsylvania Prison Society
Release Date: Mar 7, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English