Annual report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society . ter enough towash their hands and face, and scarcely enough to quench their thirst ;and this their suffering condition has been permitted, because waterwas not convenient. In the construction, therefore, of a Prison, thereshould be particular regard to a good supply of water. Instruction.—It is also important to provide a convenient place forcommunicating instruction. In many large establishments there is noplace of the kind. In one State Prison the chapel has been convertedinto solitary cells; in another, into a
Annual report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society . ter enough towash their hands and face, and scarcely enough to quench their thirst ;and this their suffering condition has been permitted, because waterwas not convenient. In the construction, therefore, of a Prison, thereshould be particular regard to a good supply of water. Instruction.—It is also important to provide a convenient place forcommunicating instruction. In many large establishments there is noplace of the kind. In one State Prison the chapel has been convertedinto solitary cells; in another, into a shop; in many large Jailsthere is no way of addressing the men except through the holes in thedoors. In such cases, instruction is not regularly communicated to theconvicts, and, when it is occasionally communicated, it is under cir-cumstances so unfavorable, as to lose a part or all its effect. Thereshould therefore always be a chapel, or a convenient hall, where theconvicts may be assembled for divine worship. FIRST REPORT I82fi. \xM mi PRISON DISCIPLINE \ Vim lis i HB i na ( m\imI na! S2aI na ! -aI --a I m Illsj IlH i :uai j;eS ! VM \ ;!aI nsj! im! iiaj urn\ im \^ Si!^ nm m ?mm His m& ::ia :->S :!]S ii!S !:!s ;;!S u!S -m Bm usa uia iiiB 11113 iT\s um urn nia hid HiB Ilia Hill nia ::SB i-IB ESS - ms 1ml I m V. m ns Cr« sa ^^ !£ ^ m SS ns :sa «a ^ m ^ sia •^ fiq :1a ?liB liiiiiiiiiiis^saiiiiiiiiiiiii 9 FIRST REPORT 1826. 9 Sickness.—There should, also, be a place for the sick. Instead ofthis, the sick are not unfrequently found in rooms thronged with otherprisoners. In three of the most important towns in this country, theJails have no sick
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