Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16

ed To he IDLE. and whist at work. thet
re attended ny oyers-rrs. who pro
limit all conversation except what
my relate to the employment cngas-
ed IN. An Account Of debt and cred,
IS opened with each prisoner, and
where my surplus remains after de.
uu'lin-, his Waintenance. il is puactu
oily paid over To him at his discharge
from the prison. The stcirtest re
scrl Is paid to health Il cleanliness !:
the prisoners are .itcentiy clothed md
lea, and all circumstances ,rr avoided
which might tenn to expose his degra.
ira sliuatioD. Solitary confinement,
18th hard labor. liz at.judg"a to sn,'b
as nav" been guilty Of high crimes
nd these who behave asn,ss are turi-
"u lato solitary eeils, and kept there
mats they exhibit fruits Of amen :
ment. NOR 4 behaviour and industry.
nrtoknina reformation, ensure. ar
aDrii!s ment Of their ,erm OF cuulinr-
oient and they are discharged with
honorable TESTIMONIALS OF their goo
conduct, and the surplus Of tAtn
wages IL their 20 kcts.
Su h ave snUe Of tie outlines Of
Chi, s,ne,nr, which oar fellow ,itzcas
are inviieo to herish anu promo,e;-
ict them onpare il with tl. 81 strn
II branding. whipping and ,ropping.
II our sl4tr, and then draw their own
con lusinns.
l. only remains for us to give brief
,."uunl o! The cfri Of the system.
En "a pac,phI.t pu isi,cd ny the Iai,
~ n. Bradford is the following az
count.
That after the system hAd been
IN OPP ration not m0re than two years,
u !, Was It's iii, ars that out OF near
.0Oi"rS0ns who had a, different iin.e'
seen parhonpd only four had Returned:
that there had been but two instances
of picking packets. or ..ussiaries. IL
in ia" eli, and county for nearitw"
S'Ats ;tat the n.mbrr Of persons
convi, ted in the several cu..ts hid
"ohstaa;I, decreased so and upwards
II o session h,sing been (helosr) fire
qnrnti, I'D ed TO tie list: that aliho'
She city and county WIRE hut lrw
a,s distant there were but five per-
sons fur trial. Such were the G,eans
rn in the power Of the inspectors, of
eNrcatiag the system in its design,
with the aid Of extensive arrnnrnoda-
|tions Il suitable labor, ..lat The r0oyns
in the prison, and the prison yard,
afforded convenient and ample roon
tor the separation and employment Of
a,c ran,Ir,s and linali, 50 proda
ave WAS their ia!,ur. tnat when dis
h,rscd. considerable h,i!auers were
found in Favor of some. and but f v
Win had moi more az less lila. those
nallan'rs often exrretes! ten pounis
anu that some OF the prisoners ,p.
'ropriatrd Il part Of ts.sir earnings q
tie support Of their families. gu 4
/ tb"t time was the happy eiia u!
,'hc system when proreti, xarnt d.
TWAS easy to foresce, that, without
much care and attention, in the s,ric
administration aid application of til.
principles laid down, the result would bt
less Gathering than the prec edin,. state
ment proves it to have been in the frs
year Of its institution and such we re
greet to say has been the experience Of
latter years, and the effects Of the ma
administration Of The principles them
selves TO be Called in question. The bull
ding in Philadelphia, where the prison, RS
are confined, and the yard where the,
are employed. have received no addition.
since 1905; altho' the state now con
tains nearly three things the number Of
inhabitants, that il did a, that time "rhe
following facts which appear in The recen,
prssentment OF respectable grand Jury
[ will enable every one to appreciate the
indeed necessity, of giving
due cfiic cy to this ben,gneut systen'
+ tina, while thus the grand Jury notice
with pleasure the high degree o! order
and cleanliness, they are compelled by a
sense of duty to present as an vii of con
siderable magnitude, the present very
crouded state Of the penilentialy. The
numbel OF persons of all classes contin-
ues to incI ease, SO that from 80 TO 40
are lodged in rooms ! 8 feet square So
many are thus crouded together in so
small space. and SO much inlermixet.
the young offender, the disobedent SCI
want with the most experienced and har
dened culprit, that the ins.itu ion already
begins to assume. especially as respects
untried prisoners, the character of an
European prison, and seminary for
every vice, in which the unfortunate be.
ling who commits first Offence. and