The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, January 1862

PUBLISHED ANNUALLY under the direction of “the philadelphia society for alleviating the miseries of public prisons,” instituted 1787.
JANUARY, 1862.
PHILADELPHIA: HENRY B. ASHMEAD, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, Nos. 1102 and 1104 Sansom Street. 1862.
NEW SERIES. NO. 1.
THE JOURNAL
PRISON DISCIPLINE
AND
PHILANTHROPY.
PUBLISHED ANNUALLY under the direction of “the philadelphia society for alleviating the miseries of public prisons,” instituted 1787.
JANUARY, 1862.
PHILADELPHIA: HENRY B. ASHMEAD, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, Nos. 1102 and 1104 Sansom Street. 1862.
This being the first number of the new series of “The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy,” some reference to the action of the Society in relation to the change from a “Quarterly” to an “Annual” may be looked for here. We may, therefore, just say, that the ground upon which the change was proposed, and the manner in which it finally resulted, will be found to be fully set forth in the latter part of the “Report,” which is the first and principal article in the present number. This Report occupies so much space, that the “Editorial Board” have not deemed it expedient to include in the present issue much additional matter.