JUSTICE. 
ing bones for manure, and whitewashing and cleansing the gaol—the females in spinning, 
knitting, sewing - , washing, and cleansing the gaol. The males work 7 hours in summer, and 4 
in winter; the females 7 in summer, and 5 in winter. There is no particular description of work 
for prisoners sentenced to hard labour; these, however, receive no part of their earnings. 
The treadmill, although recommended by the Inspectors-General, has not been introduced; 
this is indeed fortunate, as the eifect of labour enjoined as a punishment, and accompanied by no 
visible benefit either to the prisoner or to the community, can only induce in the criminal’s mind 
an increase of his antipathy to work, rather than a growing desire to adopt it as the means of 
support; such punishment is only laborious idleness, and is here wisely superseded by work 
evidently directed to the advantage of the public—an advantage in which the prisoners share by 
receiving a portion of the profit. 
The only punishment which has been found necessary, for enforcing the ordinary discipline 
of the gaol, is a change of diet, from milk to water at breakfast. 
The cost of the male dress is for frieze about £1 11s., and for fustian about 8s. 6d. : that of 
a female dress is about 15s. 6d. The dietary consists of about 8 oz. of oatmeal made into 
stirabout, with 1 pint of newmilk, for breakfast; 41bs. of potatoes, with one pint of buttermilk, for 
dinner, and 2 oz. of oatmeal made into gruel for supper. From the 1st of October to the 1st of 
June, the weekly expense for each prisoner’s diet is Is. 4 d., during the rest of the year, 2s. 6 Id .— 
1 lb. of bread, with newmilk, being then substituted for dinner. The provisions are inspected by 
t re chaplains. The surgeon visits twice a-week, and oftener, if necessary. In the hospital 
there are separate wards for the sexes. 
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