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VOL. VII. TERMS:—ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE. NO. III. THE PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF PRISON DISCIPLINE AND PHILANTHROPY. — PUBLISHED QUARTERLY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF “THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR ALLEVIATING THE MISERIES OF PUBLIC PRISONS,” INSTITUTED 1787. “The separation of one prisoner from another is the only sound basis on which a reformatory (prison) discipline can be established with any reasonable hope of success.”—Fifth Report of Inspectors of English Prisons. —— JULY, 1852. — PHILADELPHIA: E. C. AND J. BIDDLE, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FIFTH AND MINOR STREETS. LONDON: CHARLES GILPIN. 1852. Isaac Ashmead, Printer.
CONTENTS OF NO. III.
IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE DOCUMENTS.
ALSO,
NOTICE.
RECENT NOTICES.
From the North American and United States’ Gazette.
ERRATUM.
THE PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF PRISON DISCIPLINE. Vol. VII.—JULY, 1852.—No. 3.
Art. I.—JOHN HAVILAND.
OBITUARY NOTICE.
Art. II.—THE PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM.—DR. GIVEN’S REPORT.
Art. III.—JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, TRUANCY, &c.
“AN ACT CONCERNING TRUANT CHILDREN AND ABSENTEES FROM SCHOOL.”
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Art. IV.—INSANE CONVICTS.
Art. V.—FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ERECTION OF THE NEW GAOL FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY (MASS.), pp. 44.
Miscellaneous Notices.
FOREIGN.
CRIME AND PAUPERISM COUNTERACTED.
SPEAK TO HIM KINDLY.
Cases of Theft at a Single Term on Perth Circuit, Scotland.
DOMESTIC.
From the Episcopal Recorder.
From the Public Ledger.
From the Presbyterian.
AN INQUIRY
INTO THE ALLEGED TENDENCY OF THE SEPARATION OF CONVICTS, ONE FROM THE OTHER, TO PRODUCE DISEASE AND DERANGEMENT.
OFFICERS FOR 1852. President—James J. Barclay. Vice-Presidents—Townsend Sharpless, Charles B. Trego. Treasurer—Edward Yarnall.
Acting Committee.
ODD NUMBERS SUPPLIED.
“JOURNAL OF PRISON DISCIPLINE AND PHILANTHROPY,”
Published by the “Philadelphia Society for alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.”
DESIGN AND PLAN OF THE WORK.
TERMS.
FOOTNOTES:
Transcriber’s Note:
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