The Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy (Vol. VIII, No. II, April 1853)
VOL. VIII.
NO. II.
TERMS:—ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF “THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR ALLEVIATING THE MISERIES OF PUBLIC PRISONS,” INSTITUTED 1787.
“The separation of one prisoner from another is the only sound basis on which a reformatory (prison) discipline can be established with any reasonable hope of success.”— Fifth Report of Inspectors of English Prisons.
APRIL, 1853.
PHILADELPHIA: E. C. AND J. BIDDLE, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FIFTH AND MINOR STREETS. LONDON: CHARLES GILPIN. 1853.
Isaac Ashmead, Printer.
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Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons
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CONTENTS OF NO. II.
Art. I.—MORAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF CONVICTS.
Art. IV.—PENNSYLVANIA PENITENTIARIES.—
Art. VII.—AN EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT.
Art. VIII.—A PHILANTHROPIC PERPLEXITY.
Miscellaneous Notices.
Vagrant Children of New York.—
Street Begging in New York.—
New York Prison Association.—
New York State Prisons.—
Be beforehand with the Tempter!—
New Penitentiary in Massachusetts.—
State Prison at Charlestown, Mass.—
Illinois Penitentiary.—
New State Reform School.—
Juvenile Offenders.—
Singular Avocation and Mode of Life in London.—
Death from Separation!—
Murders in Philadelphia.—
Missouri Insane Asylum.—
Missouri Penitentiary.—
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
Premium for an Essay on Juvenile Delinquency.—
AN INQUIRY