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with the prisoners, and endeavour to reform 
their minds and principles. The inspectors, 
when they visit the prison, also do the same ; 
so that when a prisoner is liberated, he goes 
out, as it were, a new man; he has been ha¬ 
bituated to employment, and has received good 
instructions. The greatest care is also taken 
to find him employment the moment he 
quits the place of his confinement. Accord¬ 
ing to the regulations, no person is allowed 
to visit the prison without permission of the 
inspectors. The greatest care is also taken 
to preserve the health of the prisoners, and 
for those who are sick thefe are proper apart¬ 
ments and good advice provided. The longest 
period of confinement is for a rape, which 
is not to be less than ten years, but not to 
exceed twenty-one. For high treason, the 
length of confinement is not to be h*ss than 
six nor more than twelve years. There are 
prisons in every country throughout Pennsyl¬ 
vania, but none as yet are established on the 
same plan as that which has been described. 
Criminals are frequently sent from other parts 
of the state to receive punishment in the pri¬ 
son of Philadelphia. 
So well is this gaol conducted that, instead 
of being an expence, it now annually produces 
at considerable revenue to the state. 
