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Among the French galley-slaves, who work
constantly in the open air, the mortality, from 1830
to 1833 inclusive, amounted to an average of 5%.
At Milbank, near London, the average amount
of deaths during five years, or from 1830 to 1834
inclusive, was 7 1/3 % yearly, or about 1/13.
At Långholmen *) the mortality has, during
the last five years, been about 3½% yearly.
M:r Crawford, Inspector General of all the houses of correction in the middle counties of England, says, in his report respecting the Philadel- phian penitentiaries: “Having experienced those fears which are generally entertained for a long solitary imprisonment, I have endeavoured to examine, with the greatest attention, its effect upon the temper and health of the prisoner. Most of those with whom I spoke, had been shut up four years. Neither in their appearance nor answers could I discover the least sign of the long solitude having injured their health or weakened their mental powers. Although serious, they were not cast down; some were even in better spirits than could have been expected.”
M. Demetz, who has since examined the American prisons, agrees in all respects with this opinion, and adds: “I may safely declare, that the discipline founded on the perfect separation of the prisoners, can, even in this respect, bear a comparison with any correction system soever.
*) Långholmen is a prison near Stockholm.
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