630 Prvcfeilings of 



»rc nmoiip: nflxr imi>orlaiit regulations 

 whicli it contiiitis:— ' 



Due provision is to be made in ever}' 

 )irison tor the enforcement of hard liibonr 

 in the cases of such prisoners as may be 

 sentenced thereto, and for the empioy- 

 nicnt of other prisoners. 



Tlie male and ieniale prisoners will 

 be confined in separate buihlings, or 

 parts of the ])risoii, so as to prevent 

 them from seeing, conversins:, or lioklinu 

 any intercourse, with each otiier ; and the 

 prisoners of each sex arc to l)e divided 

 into distinct classes; care beino; taken 

 that the prisoners of the following 

 cinsses do not intermix with each 

 other : — 



In Gaols;— 1st. debtors, and jiersons 

 confined for contempt of conn on civil 

 proci'ss ; 2d. prisoners convicted of 

 felony ; 3d. prisoners convicted of mis- 

 demeanors; 4lh, prisoners committed 

 on charge or suspicion of felony ; .5tli. 

 prisoners committed on charge or suspi- 

 cion of misdemeanors, or fur want of 

 sureties. 



In Houses of Correction; — 1st. prison- 

 ers convicted of felony ; 2d. prisoners 

 convicted of misdemeanors; 3d. prison- 

 ers coraniitted on charge or snsjjicion of 

 felony; 4th. prisoners committed on 

 charge or suspicion of misdemeanors ; 

 6th. vagrants. Such furtherclassiCcation 

 is also to be adopted as the justices shall 

 deem conducive to good order and 

 discipline. 



Female prisoners are in all cases to 

 be attended by female officers. 



A matron is to be appointed in every 

 prison in which female i)risoners shall bo 

 «!onfined, who shall reside in the prison, 

 and whose duly it shall be constantly to 

 superintend the female prisoners. 



Prayers are to be read at least every 

 nornitig; and also portions of the scrip- 

 lure, to the prisoners, when assembled 

 for instruction. 



Provision is to be made for the in- 

 strnclion of prisoners of both sexes in 

 reading and writing. 



No jtrisoner is to be put in irons by 

 the Aeeper of any prison, except in case 

 of urgent and absolute necessity. 



Every prisoner is to be provided with 

 suitable bedding, and every male pri- 

 soner with a distinct bed, hammock or 

 cot, in a separate cell, if possible. 



In altering, repairing, or rebuilding, 

 any gaol or house of correction under 

 this Act, such phms shall be adopted as 

 shall afford the most effectual means 

 for the security, classificatiun, health. 



Publlt Sveitlies. [J?ily I, 



inspfcction, employment, ami religious 

 and moral instruction, of the prisoners. 



The places to which this Act exlinids, 

 in addition to the counties at large, are 

 the cities of London and Westminster, 

 Bristol, Canterbury, Chester, Coventrj, 

 Exeter, Gloucester, Kingston-n|)or!- 

 Hull, Leicester, Licli/ield, Lini;oln, 

 Liverpool, Neweasl!c-ii|ion-Tyne, Nor- 

 wich, Notlinghan), Portsmouth, Wor- 

 cester, and York. 



The removal of the evils of whielj 

 defective prisons are the source, is i» 

 subject that is entitled to serious ami 

 immediate consideration. The com- 

 mittee take the liberty to snggi-st, that 

 this desirable object might be accom- 

 plished without great ditliculty ; and, 

 liaving bestowed on it mneh attention, 

 they beg, with the utmost deference, to 

 submit to the legislature and the magis- 

 tracy the following |)roposilions: — 



1st. That all gaols and houses of cor- 

 rection, which belong to places possessj- 

 ing a separate and distinct jurisilictioQ 

 for the trial of ofl'Ln<ters of every de- 

 scription, and where the greatest number 

 of prisoners at one time exceeds forty, 

 should be rendered strictly conformable 

 to the statute of 4 Geo. iV. as to tltO 

 extent of classification, &c. in the same 

 manner as is directed by the Act for tho 

 local prisons of the several cities and 

 towns enumerated in the schediile. 



2d. That in all those places which 

 possess a similar extent of jurisdiction 

 to the last described, but where the 

 greatest number of prisoners at one time 

 does not exceed forty; and where the 

 existing gaols, by alteration or enlarge- 

 ment, cannot accommodate a greater 

 number than forty by placir;g them in 

 separate sleeping cells; — it shon!d be 

 made imperative upon the local authori- 

 ties to commit |irisoners charged on 

 suspicion of felonies and capital offences, 

 to the county gaol, to take their trial at 

 the sessions and assizes ; and to repay the 

 expenses to which the county shall bo 

 put in consequence of such commit- 

 ments, and pay also the expenses of 

 prosecution. In such cases the number 

 of classes in the loral prisons might b« 

 limited to debtors, niisdemeanantc 

 tried, misdemeanants untried, and va- 

 grants. This arrangement will be found 

 to embrace about fifty of the principal 

 cities, towns, and boroughs, throughout 

 the kingdom. 



3d. That all the small borough and 



other local gaols, (of which there are 



about seventy in England,) where tb« 



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