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On the arrival of the criminal at the prison,
his state of health is examined by the doctor, after
which he receives a separate dress.
He is then conducted, blindfold, to the cell
appointed for him, which he does not then leave
till the time, for which he is condemned, is expired.
He is designated only by the number of the cell.
In his roomy but solitary prison the delinquent is
left to sorrowful remembrances and bitter reflections.
Neither work nor any other employment is
given to him before he asks for it himself, and
two days and nights seldom pass before he most
urgently begs for it.
If the prisoner is acquainted with any kind
of trade, every thing that is necessary to work at
it is given to him; otherwise he receives instruction
in some useful manufacture.
The inspectors, clergymen, overseers, doctor,
and keepers, are the only persons allowed to visit
the prisoners in their solitary dwellings.
The prisoners get up at 5 in the morning,
and go to rest at 9 in the evening. In the
winterevenings, the cells of those prisoners, whose ability
in working can answer such an expense, are lighted
with a lamp.
Three meals a day are allowed: breakfast at
7 or 8, dinner at 12 or 1, supper at 6 or 7,
according to the season. When a prisoner is ill,
he is taken immediately to the hospital, where, in
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