Excerpt from Pennsylvania System of Separate Confinement Explained and Defended
The Philadelphia Society for Ameliorating the Miseries of Public Prisons, has from its foundation (more than eighty years ago) labored towards the object set forth in its title. Its members have reason to felicitate themselves in the belief that their labors have been beneficial, directly, in their immediate vicinity and in many parts of this Commonwealth, and reflectively and as imitable examples in other parts of the United States and even in Great Britain, and on the Continent of Europe.
In attempting to ameliorate the condition of prisoners, consideration has been given not merely to the punishment which is ordered by the Court, but to the construction of the building used as a prison, and to the character of the discipline to which the convict is submitted.
To the last branch, namely, the discipline for prisoners especial attention has been given by the Society, and that has led to a consideration of the mode of construction best adapted to the form of discipline approved.
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