Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, Temas7-151868 |
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... persons in our prisons . While some English writers laud the Irish convict system , they de- clare that separate confinement is the only means of im- provement . General advantages of the Pennsylvania system over the Irish convict ...
... persons in our prisons . While some English writers laud the Irish convict system , they de- clare that separate confinement is the only means of im- provement . General advantages of the Pennsylvania system over the Irish convict ...
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... persons committed for trial , of several hundred who having been committed absolutely , were discharged by the magistrate through Mr. M.'s interference . It is impossible to form an adequate idea of the amount of misery endured by the ...
... persons committed for trial , of several hundred who having been committed absolutely , were discharged by the magistrate through Mr. M.'s interference . It is impossible to form an adequate idea of the amount of misery endured by the ...
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... persons who have been guilty of a violation of the penal laws of the State ? We answer , that when the end proposed by the in- fliction of punishment has been attained , all infliction beyond , is , at least useless , if not unjust ...
... persons who have been guilty of a violation of the penal laws of the State ? We answer , that when the end proposed by the in- fliction of punishment has been attained , all infliction beyond , is , at least useless , if not unjust ...
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... to procure a settlement of the case , and in a large majority of the instances of his interference the results have been the restoration of the offender to society , and his entire separation from the class of persons with whom he has 23.
... to procure a settlement of the case , and in a large majority of the instances of his interference the results have been the restoration of the offender to society , and his entire separation from the class of persons with whom he has 23.
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separation from the class of persons with whom he has been unprofitably associated . This abatement of a vast amount ... person whose common sense and dis- interestedness are as apparent as are his desires to re- concile . In this great ...
separation from the class of persons with whom he has been unprofitably associated . This abatement of a vast amount ... person whose common sense and dis- interestedness are as apparent as are his desires to re- concile . In this great ...
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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.