Notes on a Visit Made to Some of the Prisons in Scotland and the North of England, in Company With Elizabeth Fry, Vol. 15

Excerpt from Notes on a Visit Made to Some of the Prisons in Scotland and the North of England, in Company With Elizabeth Fry, Vol. 15: With Some General Observations on the Subject of Prison Discipline There is no separation between adults and juvenile offenders. Monitors are selected from the most orderly and confidential pri souers to superintend the several classes. The sleeping cells in this prison, three hundred and eighty two in number, were intended every one for an individual but as the average number of prisoners is not now less than five him dred, it is no longer possible to adhere to so desirable an arrange ment. A straw mattress, a rug, and two blankets are allowed for every bed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.