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London, England, 1827-09-13 00:00:00

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October, las&
Several alterations have been made at this prison, in
compliance with the regnlations of the Cwanl Act. AI
new female ward has been completed since the last
Report, and other improvements are now in progre,s.
The priv.o is divided into ten classes, five for males and
five for females: there is a separate day-ward and airing.
yard for each class. No separate infii Mary is yet pro-
aided for ihe male prisoners. ,
The male ctinricts when at work on the tread-wheels
are placed in four separate rooms." 'The other male
prisoners, not sentenced to hard labour, pump up water
for the service of the prison, make skewers and pegs,
and whitewash and clean the buildings, &c., The wo-
men are employed in washing and mendinglhe prison
clothing and linen. The hours of labour are ten iu
summer and eight in winter.
Prisoners who work at the tread-wheel are allowed
meat and soup, with potatoes, every other day, in addi-
tion to the general allowance of lilts. df bread daily,
for each person. All the prisoners have meat and broth
for dinner on Sundays. The weekly cost of diet for
convicted prisoners is 3s. lOid. and for the unconvicted
2s. per head. The cost of clothing and bedding for
male convicts is 31. 15s. 11d. per annum, and for the
females V. Se. 9d. each.
Divine Service is now performed twice on every Sun-
day; and prayers are read every day. The prisoners
are supplied with bible's, spelling-books; and religions
tracts.
The total number of commitments during the year
1823 was 429, in 1824 the number was 422, and io
1825 the number was 466.
The greatest number of prisoners at any one time In
the year 1824 was 132, and in the last year 120.
The prison contains 54 separate sleeping-cells.
The number of prisoners re-conttnitted during the
last year was 32.
Offenders committed by the Magistrates of the local
jurisdiction, within the borough of Reading, are now
• sent to the county prim.
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The prisoners airing-yards only are under inspection
from the governor's apartments. The day-wards of the
male prisoners may be inspected from the adjacent pas-
sages, through the iron grated doors of the rooms.
There it no tread-wheel in this prison.
The employmedts carried on consist of the manufac-

tore of calking, tarpauling, and- mats, and beating and
pounding hemp.
The present number of prisoners employed is un-
usually small, beirti only eight males and three females.
The amount of earnings for the last year was
401. Ws. £d. the amount fir the preceding year was
4% 18s. Bd.
As addition has been made in the weekly allowance
@flood for prisoners sentenced to hard labour, the cost
of which is 2s. 9hd.
Prisoners committed for one month only, or any
shorter period, or such as are committed twicisin twelve-
months, receive no extra provision.
The chaplain on Sundays reads prayers, and delivers
a sermon and lecture; prayers are read every morning
to the week, at eight o'clock. The Chaplain attends
the school twice on Sundays, when the prisoners are
cab-chimed and taught to read. They are also supplied
with bibles and other books.
The rules and regulations contained in the Act 4 Geo.
IV. cap 64, have been adopted for the goverament of
this prison.
Irons are used only in case of an attempt having
been made to escape, or for very refractory or violent
behaviour.

The female prisoners are placed ander the care of a
matron, and they can have nnintercourse with the male
prisoners.
Separate apartments are provided for the siclk.
Number of prisoners in confinement :
At latlebadmas.tee4. At idlehadesas,llllls.
Males, Essnales. Males. Fannies.
Felons. tried -. S t s 1
Mts. untried a 0 4 0
lilisdinseanants, 1;44 11 0 0 •
Mts. untried .s 1 s 0
Otill prisoners . 15 d 5 a
The greatest number of prisoners at one time is the
last year was thirty-sir. Tne total number consi bitted
during the year was 187; and the number of re-coas-
t:sitters was ten.
:This prison contains five day.rooms, five werk-rooms.
and five *is ing.yards and there are 82 separate sleep-
ing cells.
-The number of commitments has been greater during
the last year than in the preceding one. but the offences
ate generally of a less heinous character.
• Discharged prisoners t eceive the allowance directed
by the Act to convey them to their respective parisbes.l
The Magistrates of the borough of Abingdon commit
offenders within their jurisdiction to this prison, having
merited a right so to do when the prison was first built.

PARLIANISLLABY
The Seventh RepAPS ng&Ttte of the Society foe the IT
prove ntegqg Prison Discipline, oast for the Reformation of
\sAyNikdolobn Juvenile Menden.
BERKSHIRE.