Excerpt from A Treatise on the Modern System of Governing Gaols, Penitentiaries, and Houses of Correction, With a View to Moral Improvement and Reformation of Character: Also, a Detail of the Duties of Each Department of a Prison, Together With Some Observations on the State of Prison Discipline, at Home and Abroad, and on the Management of Lunatic Asylums Mosr of the Opinions in this publication have been brought before the public in various shapes, within the last thirty years, and it may require some explanation to account for an intrusion that at first sight appears uncalled for. I trust, however, I shall stand acquitted when I state, that I am not aware of any attempt to give practical instructions on all points of duty and detail, to the various officers of a prison, of any description, and to de fine the system and management that has been laid down by the best judges on the subject, for obtain ing the ultimate object of all imprisonment, viz., the prevention of crime and the reformation of the criminal. My object has been to collect the best practical Opinions; to add such as experience has taught me, and to arrange the whole in a plain manner, so that it may become intelligible to all. If I have in any degree succeeded in this, the errors in other respects will be excused. The office I have held as one of the Inspectors General of Prisons in Ireland for twelve years, will plead an apology for my venturing on the subject. It has given me abundant opportunities of investi gating the details of prison discipline in all their bearings, and I may say with confidence, that my colleague and myself have taken a great interest in them. 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.