Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, Temas7-151868 |
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... object of taunt and contempt . Hence it is said , that the male cells in the County Prison have offered little inducement for the religious visitor - and yet they have not been neglected ; probably about nine hundred visits were made to ...
... object of taunt and contempt . Hence it is said , that the male cells in the County Prison have offered little inducement for the religious visitor - and yet they have not been neglected ; probably about nine hundred visits were made to ...
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... objects of this Society , viz . , that of direct ap- plication of the principles of improvement to the indi- vidual inmates of the prison . This , the Parent Society is most thankful to Providence for the blessing on all efforts to ...
... objects of this Society , viz . , that of direct ap- plication of the principles of improvement to the indi- vidual inmates of the prison . This , the Parent Society is most thankful to Providence for the blessing on all efforts to ...
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... objects is to be auxiliary to this Society . It is gratifying to notice that this new auxiliary has " gone to work " at once , and made itself felt and re- spected in the County Prison at West Chester , and it is no less gratifying to ...
... objects is to be auxiliary to this Society . It is gratifying to notice that this new auxiliary has " gone to work " at once , and made itself felt and re- spected in the County Prison at West Chester , and it is no less gratifying to ...
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... the several townships are let out to the lowest bidder , and the insane sent sometimes to the miserable jail that dis- graces this County . " One miserable object who had a mania for setting things on fire , was put into a coffin - 42.
... the several townships are let out to the lowest bidder , and the insane sent sometimes to the miserable jail that dis- graces this County . " One miserable object who had a mania for setting things on fire , was put into a coffin - 42.
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... object to urge the adoption of some system , and the faithful adminis- tration thereof when adopted ; but with a view such as I have had of the different modes of punishing malefac- tors , and of attempts to make them better from their ...
... object to urge the adoption of some system , and the faithful adminis- tration thereof when adopted ; but with a view such as I have had of the different modes of punishing malefac- tors , and of attempts to make them better from their ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Acting Committee administration Agent Alleviating the Miseries almshouses appointed approved association benefit cause cell character charge Charities circumstances committed Commutation Law condition of prisoners conduct congregate system County Prison course crime criminal direction discharged convict duty Eastern Penitentiary efforts evil favor feel felons hope humanity imprisonment improvement inmates insane institutions instruction interest Ireland Irish Convict System Irish system John labors males Marsangy means meeting ment Miseries of Public months moral Mullen notice number of convicts number of prisoners object offender officers Ourt pardon penal Pennsylvania system perhaps persons Philadelphia County Philadelphia Society philanthropy present President prison discipline Prison Society profit Public Prisons punishment received reference reformation Reformatories regard repentance Scotland seems sentence separate confinement separate system Shippen Society for Alleviating solitary soner success sympathy system of prison ticket-of-leave tion vict visitor William William Nicholson William Shippen
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Página 55 - Governor, the Chancellor, and the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State, and possessed that veto power which in many other States was given to the Governor. To it went every bill passed by the Legislature.
Página 15 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Página 75 - In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth upon my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.
Página 124 - ... to virtue and happiness. From a conviction of the truth and obligation of these principles, the subscribers have associated themselves under the title of " THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR ALLEVIATING THE MISERIES OF PUBLIC PRISONS.
Página 106 - ... less expressive of the tenets of the writers and the special end to be produced. Certainly the tone and temper of some of these religious papers are not so expressive of the charity and meekness of christian love as could be desired ; and if one may differ from another in its tone and temper and its terms of denunciation, it often happens that the difference is only in the character of the instrument, not in the object ; and the sharp, clear cut of clerical satire, poisoned with the ointment...
Página 128 - By the aids of humanity, their undue and illegal sufferings may be prevented; the links which should bind the whole family of mankind together, under all circumstances, be preserved unbroken: and such degrees and modes of punishment may be discovered and suggested, as may, instead of continuing habits of vice, become the means of restoring our fellow creatures to virtue and happiness. From a conviction of the truth and obligation of these principles, the subscribers have associated themselves under...
Página 124 - ... apartments, and guilt (the usual attendants of prisons) involve with them : it becomes us to extend our compassion to that part of mankind, who are subjects of these miseries.
Página 108 - ... their own language, and patronize what seems of their own rank. Even in that case, the success of the ignorant conductor is dependent upon the sympathy of his patrons ; he has narrow views and limited attainments, and hence commands the attention of those who are in the same condition. Sympathy, then, is one great bond between the writer and the reader ; and whenever success follows efforts such as those we now contemplate, it must greatly depend upon the absence of all points that touch wounded...
Página 51 - ... sustained against them, shall have a deduction of one month in each year made from the term of their sentence, and shall be entitled to their discharge so much the sooner, upon the certificate of the warden or keeper of such jail or penitentiary, with the approval of the Attorney-General.