On The Penitentiary System In The United States And Its Application In France With An Appendix On Penal Colonies And Also Statistical Notes PDF Download

Excerpt from On the Penitentiary System in the United States, and Its Application in France: With an Appendix on Penal Colonies, and Also Statistical Notes An article on the Pennsylvania penitentiary system will be found at the end of the volume. It was originally written by the translator for the Encyclolmedz'a flmerz'cana, who appended it, with some additions, to this work, called upon to do so by some gentlemen, to whose knowledge in matters of prison discipline he owes great deference. The circumstance that the writer of the article speaks upon some subjects connected with Solitary con finement from personal experience, * so unusual with those who are, called upon to discuss a subject of this nature publicly, had undoubtedly influenced their partial request. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.