9. Letter from John Coke Fowler, Esq., stipendiary magistrate, &c., &c.,
Glamorganshire, Eng.,..
10. Letter from Sir John Bowring, Claremont, Exeter, Eng.,
11. Letter from W. L. Sargant, Birmingham, Eng.......
12. Letter from Miss Frances Power Cobb, London,
1. Not in the officers who work the system,
2. But in the unnatural character of the system,
Suggestions for an improved system,
Advantages of the system proposed,
XXIX. THE PRISONS OF FRANCE,.
France provides for a daily average of 50,000 prisoners,.
Idea of isolation introduced by De Tocqueville in 1830,.....
This idea never fully realized on account of expense,.
Present system a compromise, ..
Industrial labor introduced into French prisons in 1801,
Abolished in 1848,
Decree of abolishment abrogated in 1850,
Contract system prevails in France under two forms,
1. Par voie de régie.,......
2. Par voie d'enterprise,
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