The Prison Discipline Society records are arranged chronologically and include annual reports and the Rev. Mr. Stone's 1854 sermon before the society. Excerpts from the Annual Reports of the London Prison Discipline Society are included to contrast European and North American prisons. Topics covered in the annual reports and sermon of the Society include solitary confinement, religion, convict labor, prison administration, prison design and construction, and segregation and classification of prisoners by gender, crime, age, and mental health.