Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . age as to entail serious loss upon them. Howard foundthese wretched transports awaiting deportation in prisonschained to the floor. Many were kept under the most abjectconditions in hulks on the Thames, and an extraordinarymortality prevailed amongst them always. Happily Howards crusade against prison mismanagement andits shortcomings soon produced tangible results. The matterwas taken up by Parliament, and
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . age as to entail serious loss upon them. Howard foundthese wretched transports awaiting deportation in prisonschained to the floor. Many were kept under the most abjectconditions in hulks on the Thames, and an extraordinarymortality prevailed amongst them always. Happily Howards crusade against prison mismanagement andits shortcomings soon produced tangible results. The matterwas taken up by Parliament, and the energetic philanthropist 1802] PRISON REFORM. 659 was examined at the bar of the House. Some few piibhc-spiritedpeople did their best to apply a remedy at once. The Dnkeof Richmond built a new prison for Sussex under Howardsadvice and guidance ; others were erected on an improved plan forOxford, Stafford, and Gloucester, by which some of the worstevils were removed. A more comprehensive scheme of reform,one of which indeed contained the germ of our best modernpractice, was contemplated by the Government, and its execu-tion was to be entrusted to Howard. The great philanthropist.
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