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Philadelphia only 22½ Th:lr; that is to say, the
real expense of the two systems for the cells, is
in the proportion of 9 to 10, to the advantage of
the Pensylvanian.”
e) Whether the Penitentiary system promotes or hinders the possibility of a compensation, by means of the prisoners’ labour, either of the wiiole or at least a part of tire expenses of the state.
That idleness is the mother of all evil, is a truth acknowledged at all periods and expressed in all languages, and labour, being its opposite, is considered to form its most certain cure. This view is indisputably correct, but in applying it, as an element of correction at a penitentiary institution, it ought first to be considered, whether it acts advantageously on the inward improvement of the prisoner, and prepares for him the possibility of gaining his living in an honest way, when he regains his freedom.
It has already been observed, that employment presents itself to the prisoner languishing in solitude, as a consolation sincerely longed for, a welcome diversion $ while on the other hand, the Auburn discipline renders work, in itself difficult and heavy, hateful in the eyes of the prisoner, through the application of punishment and force. The moral effect of this will be easily perceived.
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